Reeve is a distinctive choice, ranked #1460 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Reeve in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1460
About the Name Reeve
Reeve is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 4033 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1363 in 2023 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Reeve is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Reeve
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Reeve per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Reeve in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Reeve is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 4033 places over the last five years to #1460 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Reeve is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Reeve include: Elle Reeve — Elspeth "Elle" Reeve is an American journalist.; Reeve (surname) — Reeve is an English surname originally meaning officer or steward..
Reeve does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Reeves in the wild.
18
UK babies named Reeve (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 4033 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Reeve
Likely around 1 other Reeve in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Reeve
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Elspeth "Elle" Reeve is an American journalist. Before joining CNN as a correspondent in 2019, she reported on the 2017 white-nationalist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia for HBO's Vice News Tonight.
Franklin D'Olier Reeve was an American academic, writer, poet, Russian translator, and editor. He was the grandson of the first American Legion national commander, Franklin D'Olier, and the father of Superman actor Christopher Reeve.
In Anglo-Saxon England, a reeve (Old English: gerefa) was an administrative official serving the king or a lesser lord in a variety of roles. After the Norman Conquest, it was an office held by a man of lower rank, appointed as manager of a manor and overseer of the peasants.