Reeve
About Reeve
Cool and dignified, sophisticated and modern, Reeve might be seen as alternative to long-familiar Reese. A medieval occupational name, a reeve was an English manor officer responsible for overseeing the discharge of feudal obligations; as such, it has been linked to bailiffs and sheriffs.
Given to more than 30 boys in a recent year, it is also occasionally used a girl name (notably by aviators Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, for their youngest child). Currently, plural form Reeves outranks it across the board however.
Pronounced REEV.
As of October 2026, Reeve ranked #3494 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2543 in 2016, Nameberry popularity #892.
Editor's take: The name Reeve is a boy's name of English origin meaning "bailiff, sheriff, local official".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,878 | 41 | 21.3 |
| 2015 | #3,070 | 38 | 19.8 |
| 2016 | #2,543 | 50 | 26.3 |
| 2017 | #2,750 | 45 | 24.3 |
| 2018 | #3,864 | 28 | 15.4 |
| 2019 | #4,768 | 21 | 11.7 |
| 2020 | #3,548 | 31 | 18 |
| 2021 | #2,958 | 42 | 24 |
| 2022 | #3,394 | 35 | 20 |
| 2023 | #3,100 | 40 | 23.4 |
| 2024 | #3,432 | 34 | 19.7 |
| 2025 | #3,494 | 33 | 19.3 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Reeve.
- Thayer
- Halston
- Sloane
- Ellington
- Truett
- Teague
- Harlan
- Finneas
- Holland
- Ellison
- Merritt
- Mercer
- Merrick
- Bryn
- Emory
- Anniken
- Macklin
- Niles
- Tobin
- Langston
Reeve on lists
Famous Reeves
- Reeve Jefferson Carney
American singer,songwriter and actor
- Elon Reeve Musk
South African billionaire inventor, businessman, investor
- Christopher Reeve
American actor
Reeve in pop culture
- Reeve
a character in the book The Face On the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
- Reeve
a character in the Burn for Burn trilogy by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
- Reeve Tuesti
character in video game "Final Fantasy VII"