Reza
Masculine · “contentment”
Reza is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,206 boys against 9 girls since 1880.
Reza is contentment in Arabic and Persian — and Imam Reza is the eighth Shia imam, buried at Mashhad.
How old is the name Reza?
Reza first appears in US birth records in 1966 — 59 years ago. The typical Reza alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 1,200 people named Reza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reza most popular?
Reza peaked in 1978, reaching #1596 nationally. Today it ranks #2604, 1,008 places below that high. See the whole 1978 chart.
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Where it comes from
From rida to Reza
The story of Reza
Rida names a spiritual station in Sufi thought — contentment with whatever God sends — and Ali ar-Rida, the eighth imam, is buried at Mashhad, the largest mosque in the world by area and Iran's greatest pilgrimage site. Reza is standard in Persian naming and is in current American use.
Meaning
contentment, acceptance
From the Arabic rida, 'contentment' or 'satisfaction', borrowed into Persian as reza. In Sufi usage rida names the station of accepting whatever comes. Ali ar-Rida is the eighth Shia imam. The Arabic is documented.
How the name formed
- rida
- Reza
Related forms: رضا · Rida · Rıza
Pronouncing Reza
reh-ZAH
Two syllables, stress on the second. Arabic Rida gives the d a th-like value.
Nicknames for Reza
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1966
- Most boys named
- 202550 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1596reached in 1978
- Change vs 2024
- +25.0%50 in 2025, from 40
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Reza in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- رضا in Persian — transliteration
- Rida in Arabic — related form
- Rıza in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Rezas among us
people named Reza are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,162 born in 2025 was named Reza
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jiro test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Reza's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jiro climbed just as high around 1918, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jiro's path sketches the road Reza is walking now.
Reza sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Reza is headed
Reza should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Reza beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Reza in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That contentment names a spiritual station is a first-rate idea.
- The shrine at Mashhad is the largest mosque in the world by area.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- It reads as specifically Persian and often Shia.
- Arabic Rida and Persian Reza look unrelated.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rezas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Reza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Reza in 2025?
- Reza ranks #2604 among US boy names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Reza?
- About 1 in every 34,162 US boys born in 2025 was named Reza — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Reza with classmates?
- Reza will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Reza
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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