Reason
A unisex name of English origin, meaning the faculty of rational thought.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Reason by the numbers
Reason was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 1919, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
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