Reason
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Reason
A modern virtue-esque name that suggests agreeability, logic, and intentionality, Reason has appeared in the stats for boys since the early 1900s, but it didn't really see any significant usage until the 2020s. With the rise of choices like Chosen, True, Truce, and Klarity, however, Reason (and its alternative spellings, Reasyn and Reazyn) have begun to rise with 41 boys and 8 girls given the name in the latest count.
Reason for girls#11709 US
Reason debuted in the charts for girls back in 2012, but has only been appearing consistently since 2020.
Reason for boys#3028 US
A provocative word name that may strike the right chord for an adventurous baby namer, Reason has begun to sound, well, more reasonable as a name in recent years. While it did first feature in the US stats back in the early 20th-century, it only began to rise in the 2020s.
In tune with Chosen, True, Ledger, and Justice, Reason, associated as it is with explanation, motivation, and justification, was given to 41 boys in a recent year, while spelling alternatives Reasyn and Reazyn also featured in the stats in smaller numbers.
One to watch out for, perhaps, nicknames might be Reese, Reesey, Sonny, or Ree.
Pronounced REE-zun.
As of October 2026, Reason ranked #11709 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #8293 in 2024.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #3,028 | 41 | 23.8 |
| 2025 | #3,028 | 41 | 24 |
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