Names / Unisex names
Reeve
Current rank
#3,494
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,544
in 2016
First recorded
1913
in U.S. data
Children named
1,100
since 1913
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,544 in 2016 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Reeve first shows up in American naming records in 1913, where it reads as a unisex name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 1,100 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.