Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Reet isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 319
- 0 boys · 319 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,815 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,815 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 349 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Reet’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Reet has a related form in Kreet. In Estonian usage, Reet has a related form in KREETA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Reet
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.