Rees
Rees is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
- Welsh
Meaning & Origin of Rees
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rees is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
The Story of Rees
As a girl name
Rees first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1999, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2010: 14 births, good for #8,270 nationwide. About 46% of every Rees on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Rees last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 136 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Rees as a boy name dates back to 1914, when 5 babies received it. 2000 was its biggest year on record, with 36 newborns named Rees — #2,578 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Rees on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Rees last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 14 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Rees
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rees. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Rees
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About the name Rees
Rees is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Rees's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #2,578. Use the chart and map above to compare Rees's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.