A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Reed
flinty · slender · unembellished
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenDerived from Middle English, the surname denoted a red-haired person or someone living near marsh reeds. American birth records first logged it in 1881. It spent decades as a rarity before finding broader adoption in the late twentieth century.
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1881–2025
SSA Data 1881 peak: 1,122 souls, A.D. 2014 2025
2025: 784 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
26 yrs
Most Reeds were born around 2014 — old enough to remember phones with buttons.
Peak Reign
2014
№318 that year
Generation
Gen Alpha, 36%
then Gen Z 31% · Millennial 16%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈37K ever born · now falling
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Reed grew up with
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Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Reed peaked in 2014.
Estimated average age: 26.
What people think
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First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name reads as clean, single-syllable, and slightly academic. It avoids the ornamentation of longer occupational surnames while keeping an orderly tone. Over two-thirds of living bearers belong to Generation Z or Generation Alpha. It sounds finished before the speaker has to expend much breath.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name reached its peak in 2014 with around one thousand registrations, more than a century after its debut in the record.
Field Note 02
With an average bearer age of twenty-six, the name belongs largely to people born after the mid-1990s.
Field Note 03
Registrations are roughly ninety-eight percent male, keeping the name unusually fixed on one side of the registry.
Notable Reeds
AI-WrittenReed Hastingsentrepreneur and streaming executive, b. 1960
Reed Diamondactor, b. 1967
Reed Moranodirector and cinematographer, b. 1977
Ephemera — If Reed were a…
AI-WrittenTown
Hanover, New Hampshire
Outerwear
Waxed canvas field coat
Shade
Tributary green
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