Reagan

#248 for girls in 2025, 1,244 births · #1,677 for boys in 2025, 98 births
Given to girls 89.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
2012 · 3,088 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
65,739
since 1956

Reagan over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #97, 2012peak #596, 2004girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2481,244#1,67798
2024#2441,297#1,573110
2023#1681,728#1,530115
2022#1471,988#1,306145
2021#1262,242#1,182166
2020#1142,373#1,196160
2019#1022,754#1,047196
2018#1072,820#1,018202
2017#983,005#972213
2016#983,097#999204
2015#993,061#993207
2014#1062,903#999206
2013#1043,040#955209
2012#973,088#893234
2011#1222,611#889232
2010#1272,480#971203
2009#1272,540#953211
2008#1422,385#977204
2007#1562,261#853247
2006#1562,238#792260
2005#1392,425#691299
2004#1452,269#596366
2003#2011,657#861200
2002#1981,624#774223
2001#2201,445#742235
2000#2861,131#875180
1999#348865#805190
1998#332889#925153
1997#381695#852166
1996#446567#930140
1995#575399#1,014120
1994#702298#1,26885
1993#949199#1,32174
1992#1,243140#1,73149
1991#1,328124#1,74446
1990#1,67088#1,58752
1989#1,68681#1,79342
1988#1,75772#1,61844
1987#1,91859#1,73438
1986#2,00354#1,87332
1985#1,88259#1,72435
1984#1,81259#1,93328
1983#1,83957#1,82230
1982#1,92255#1,81531
1981#1,193110#1,30950
1980#925161#1,20458
1979#1,015139#1,39045
1978#876167#1,22953
1977#947146#1,18755
1976#1,098110#1,82827
1975#947133#1,42938
1974#1,43870#1,47135
1973#1,71452#1,54831
1972#3,17720#1,81924
1971#2,95523#1,44135
1970#3,20820#1,49432
1969#2,76823#1,49229
1968#2,96919#1,96217
1967#3,65613#1,41129
1966#3,26615#1,48427
1965#3,95211#1,59524
1964#2,67522#1,58125
1963#3,80112#1,33834
1962#1,71322
1961#2,9009
1960#1,97317
1959#2,20014
1958#1,67722
1957#1,75121
1956#4,8377#2,16814
1955#2,04815
1954#1,88717
1953#1,63022
1952#1,61522
1951#1,48925
1950#1,57222
1949#1,75418
1948#1,75818
1947#2,16913
1946#1,81316
1945#2,00912
1944#2,30910
1943#1,98614
1942#2,04213
1941#2,8727
1940#2,8717
1939#3,1136
1938#3,5345
1937#2,9057
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1932#3,3616
1931#2,6519
1930#3,0228
1929#3,9595
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1927#3,7806
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1924#3,5057
1923
1922#3,8726
1921#2,9869
1920#3,8156
1919#4,1685
1918#3,0968
1917#2,56210
1916#2,54310
1915#3,8255
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1913#2,8215
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five girls were named Reagan! It came in at #4,837, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1962, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Reagan
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#244#248)
  • 134 spots since 2020 (#114#248)
  • 149 spots since 2015 (#99#248)
  • Biggest jump: 491 spots in 1975 (#1,438#947)
  • Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1981 (#925#1,193)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 2012 at #97 (3,088 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2015–2017
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1993–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 570
  • Highest: 1 in 570 girls born in 2012 were named Reagan (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,292 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 43.9% of all girls named Reagan (28,859) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1973
  • Mostly boys until 1972, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s7#4,837 (1956)#4,837
1960s115#2,675 (1964)#3,298
1970s880#876 (1978)#1,738
1980s767#925 (1980)#1,694
1990s4,264#332 (1998)#797
2000s19,975#127 (2009)#177
2010s28,859#97 (2012)#106
2020s10,872#114 (2020)#175

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Reagan in 2010

girls
#127
2,480 births · 1 in 717 girls
boys
#971
203 births · 1 in 9,452 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #127Reagan2,480

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #971Reagan203
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 717 of them was named Reagan, which outranked 99.4% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reagan
  1. #124Liliana2,519
  2. #125Michelle2,510
  3. #126Stephanie2,492
  4. #127Reagan2,480
  5. #128Jada2,476
  6. #129Adriana2,463
  7. #130Gracie2,435
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 9,452 of them was named Reagan, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reagan
  1. #966Zack205
  2. #969Demarion204
  3. #969Ronaldo204
  4. #971Reagan203
  5. #971Kael203
  6. #971Keyon203
  7. #971Lathan203
  8. #976Gibson202
  9. #976Jordon202
  10. #976Reuben202

Tied with 4 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010