Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Revere 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 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Revere through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 121
- 121 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,250 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.
Revere’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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97% boys · 3% girls
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78% boys · 22% girls
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Kyrie
“a lord” · “having dark features”
93% boys · 7% girls