Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from Old English read, meaning “red,” originally a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion. Unconnected, it is also the English word for tall grass-like plants that grow in marshes.
20062006: 568 births, rank #470
2007: 617 births, rank #450
2008: 726 births, rank #405
2009: 687 births, rank #419
2010: 759 births, rank #381
20112011: 809 births, rank #367
2012: 817 births, rank #371
2013: 1,032 births, rank #322
2014: 1,096 births, rank #318
2015: 1,045 births, rank #330
20162016: 962 births, rank #351
2017: 862 births, rank #379
2018: 855 births, rank #376
2019: 777 births, rank #402
2020: 661 births, rank #450
20212021: 740 births, rank #415
2022: 777 births, rank #415
2023: 725 births, rank #430
2024: 747 births, rank #422
20252025: 770 births, rank #417
Reed rose from #423 to #419 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2014, with 1,096 births.