as a First Name
Transferred use of the Scottish and northern English surname, in origin a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion (from Old English rēad ‘red’ compare Read).
| 1,575th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 13,367
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 18,087
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Reid per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
0.05%
99.95%
7%
55+
55+
14%
30-54
30-54
21%
13-29
13-29
57%
0-12
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