Reginal
Last seen for girls in 1971 at #8,324 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1970 · 92 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,589since 1914
Reginal over time
Rank among boys' names. Reginal has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,188 | 19 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,617 | 23 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,501 | 18 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,683 | 25 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,086 | 35 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,793 | 42 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,305 | 26 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,938 | 32 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,662 | 38 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,723 | 33 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,464 | 43 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,225 | 56 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,449 | 43 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,304 | 50 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,258 | 51 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,221 | 52 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,111 | 58 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,322 | 43 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,045 | 60 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,000 | 65 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #979 | 69 |
| 1970 | — | #839 | 92 | |
| 1969 | — | #903 | 71 | |
| 1968 | — | #893 | 65 | |
| 1967 | — | #875 | 67 | |
| 1966 | — | #961 | 57 | |
| 1965 | — | #967 | 58 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,199 | 41 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,311 | 35 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,078 | 52 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,098 | 50 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,212 | 41 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,222 | 40 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,130 | 46 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,193 | 41 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,255 | 36 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,292 | 34 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,189 | 39 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,517 | 25 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,261 | 34 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,615 | 21 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,074 | 13 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Reginal! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Reginal
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 232 spots in 1965 (#1,199 → #967)
- Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1971 (#839 → #979)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1970 at #839 (92 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1965–1972
- Highest: 1 in 20,198 boys born in 1970 were named Reginal (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 23.4% of all boys named Reginal (606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | #2,665 (1919) | #3,413 |
| 1920s | 90 | #2,162 (1928) | #3,002 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,326 (1938) | #2,976 |
| 1940s | 110 | #1,850 (1947) | #2,315 |
| 1950s | 357 | #1,130 (1957) | #1,289 |
| 1960s | 544 | #875 (1967) | #1,039 |
| 1970s | 606 | #839 (1970) | #1,109 |
| 1980s | 379 | #1,225 (1981) | #1,707 |
| 1990s | 218 | #2,086 (1990) | #3,288 |
| 2000s | 144 | #3,617 (2001) | #5,894 |
| 2010s | 50 | #7,050 (2012) | #8,833 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,349 (2024) | #12,349 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Reginal in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 332,765 of them was named Reginal, which outranked 13.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,321 names at #8,324; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 25,630 of them was named Reginal, which outranked 82.7% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).