Reason
Rank in 2025
#10917
recorded as girls
Down 2,950 since 2024
#2991
recorded as boys
Up 10 since 2024
Babies in 2025
49
girls 8 · boys 41
Peak year
1885
6 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
321
since 1885
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Reason was most popular in 1885, when 6 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.06 per 1,000). In 2025, 41 babies were named Reason, ranking #2991 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 166%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 10917 | 41 | 2991 |
| 2024 | 13 | 7967 | 41 | 3001 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11169 | 12 | 6897 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11231 | 18 | 5215 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13464 | 9 | 8166 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11090 | 16 | 5451 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | 10 | 7643 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 7 | 9670 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 6 | 10644 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16513 | 8 | 8781 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 5 | 12136 |
| 2012 | 5 | 16869 | 8 | 8864 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 7 | 9600 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 8 | 8803 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 6 | 10921 |
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| 2003 | <5 | — | 5 | 10894 |
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| 2000 | <5 | — | 5 | 10349 |
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| 1925 | <5 | — | 5 | 4197 |
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| 1922 | <5 | — | 8 | 3252 |
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| 1919 | <5 | — | 8 | 3115 |
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| 1916 | <5 | — | 5 | 3897 |
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| 1885 | <5 | — | 6 | 836 |
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Names like Reason
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Recorded as girls 21% · boys 79% across all years