Reagan

Where Reagan comes from

Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Riagáin (“descendant of Riagán”), a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach (“impulsive, furious”), an alternative form of ríogach.
— Wiktionary's entry for Reagan
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #4,837 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1977
    Reagan Pasternak born
    Canadian actress
  4. 1980
    Reagan Gomez-Preston born
    American actress
  5. 2012
    Peak, #97
    3,088 babies named Reagan — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #244.
In the dictionary
  • A surname from Irish; variant forms Regan, Riggen.
  • Ronald Reagan, president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later American usage.
Namesakes
  • Reagan Gomez-Preston · American actress, born 1980
  • Reagan Pasternak · Canadian actress, born 1977
  • Reagan Wilson · American model and actress, 1947–2026
  • Reagan Dale Neis · Canadian actress, born 1976
  • Reagan Noble · Association footballer, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.