Read is a rare variant of Reid that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Read is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Read was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1949 (14 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #13,607 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #13,773 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | #12,042 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #11,732 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #10,571 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #12,098 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #8,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #8,519 |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | #6,195 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #7,128 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #8,771 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #9,934 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #7,227 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #9,297 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #9,195 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #6,773 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,868 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #7,576 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #5,452 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #7,068 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #5,243 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #4,675 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #5,710 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #4,879 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,606 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #3,844 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #3,947 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,527 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #3,490 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #3,438 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #2,699 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #3,090 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #4,142 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #3,606 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | #2,098 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #2,961 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #3,302 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,248 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,174 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,928 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,807 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,043 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,429 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #4,699 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,250 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,636 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,330 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,189 |