Given name & surname
Reece
“having great enthusiasm for life”
Reece is used as a given name and a surname. One Welsh interpretation is “having great enthusiasm for life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “having great enthusiasm for life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reece through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26,917
- 21,968 boys · 4,949 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 998 babies
- 2025
- 877
- #460 for boys · #1,149 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +25%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 78% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 675 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 460 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 798 in 2001. It also appeared in 202 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (53). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 20,295 as a first name in 2020; 23,834 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Reece’s family of names
In English usage, Reece shares an earlier linguistic root with Rhys. Reece has a related form in Reese. Reece has a related form in Rhys.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Reesevariant
- Rhysvariant · English
- Reesvariant
- Rhysevariant
- Rycevariant
- Ricevariant
- Riesevariant
- Riecevariant
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People named Reece
- Reece JamesEnglish association football player (born 1999)
- Reece OxfordEnglish association football player (born 1998)
- Reece JamesEnglish association football player (1993-)
- Reece BurkeEnglish association football player (born 1996)
- Reece PrescodBritish sprinterborn 1996
- Reece ShearsmithBritish comedian (born 1969)
- Reece RitchieBritish actor (born 1986)
- Reece ThompsonCanadian actorborn 1988
- Reece TopleyEnglish cricketer (born 1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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