Reese

Reese is a unisex given name: about 35% of people named Reese are men and 65% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 35%Female 65%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 35% male / 65% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 16,392 male / 30,759 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Reese

To address Reese when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Reese," in English, "Guten Tag Reese," in German. About 35% of people named Reese are men and 65% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Reese,

German

Guten Tag Reese,

French

Bonjour Reese,

Spanish

Estimado/a Reese:

Chinese

Reese您好：

Japanese

Reese様

English

Hi Reese,

German

Hi Reese,

French

Salut Reese,

Spanish

Hola Reese,

Chinese

Reese你好：

Japanese

Reeseさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Reese by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	very common	unisex name	35%

United States birth data

16,392 male · 30,759 female · 47,151 births recorded

Male 35%Female 65%

Since 1980: 30% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Reese a male or female name?

Reese is a unisex given name: about 35% of people named Reese are men and 65% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Reese in an email?

Is Reese a unisex name?

Reese is not a unisex name: 35% of people named Reese are men. Reese leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Reese a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/reese (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_reese,
  title  = {Is Reese a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/reese},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}