Reginald
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #1,281 for boys in 2025, 153 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1968 · 2,551 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 111,551since 1880
Reginald over time
Rank among boys' names. Reginald has never cracked the top 100 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 | — | #1,281 | 153 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,176 | 176 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,105 | 192 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,064 | 207 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,032 | 211 | |
| 2020 | — | #986 | 216 | |
| 2019 | — | #882 | 249 | |
| 2018 | — | #832 | 267 | |
| 2017 | — | #841 | 263 | |
| 2016 | — | #820 | 278 | |
| 2015 | — | #880 | 253 | |
| 2014 | — | #806 | 285 | |
| 2013 | — | #684 | 351 | |
| 2012 | — | #658 | 360 | |
| 2011 | — | #654 | 359 | |
| 2010 | — | #614 | 403 | |
| 2009 | — | #602 | 429 | |
| 2008 | — | #558 | 472 | |
| 2007 | — | #524 | 493 | |
| 2006 | — | #516 | 500 | |
| 2005 | — | #501 | 494 | |
| 2004 | — | #491 | 502 | |
| 2003 | — | #472 | 531 | |
| 2002 | — | #424 | 583 | |
| 2001 | — | #429 | 567 | |
| 2000 | — | #373 | 700 | |
| 1999 | — | #381 | 682 | |
| 1998 | — | #355 | 736 | |
| 1997 | — | #339 | 763 | |
| 1996 | — | #323 | 818 | |
| 1995 | — | #305 | 863 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #295 | 929 |
| 1993 | — | #250 | 1,143 | |
| 1992 | — | #235 | 1,230 | |
| 1991 | — | #233 | 1,276 | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #230 | 1,284 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #215 | 1,298 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #202 | 1,333 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #196 | 1,336 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #188 | 1,350 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #192 | 1,312 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #185 | 1,336 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 | #193 | 1,268 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #184 | 1,378 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #179 | 1,409 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #166 | 1,480 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | #157 | 1,655 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #160 | 1,515 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | #157 | 1,520 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | #163 | 1,427 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #162 | 1,500 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #152 | 1,610 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #152 | 1,630 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | #141 | 1,912 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | #141 | 2,115 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #142 | 2,307 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | #125 | 2,422 |
| 1968 | #2,091 | 33 | #117 | 2,551 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | #126 | 2,402 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #131 | 2,330 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | #128 | 2,470 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 | #128 | 2,618 |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | #132 | 2,570 |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 | #133 | 2,647 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #144 | 2,469 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | #144 | 2,442 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | #144 | 2,422 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #141 | 2,490 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #142 | 2,418 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | #144 | 2,223 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #144 | 2,075 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #158 | 1,812 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #165 | 1,640 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #176 | 1,494 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #174 | 1,467 |
| 1950 | — | #175 | 1,297 | |
| 1949 | — | #189 | 1,092 | |
| 1948 | — | #206 | 941 | |
| 1947 | — | #214 | 895 | |
| 1946 | — | #223 | 719 | |
| 1945 | — | #228 | 587 | |
| 1944 | — | #237 | 567 | |
| 1943 | — | #236 | 613 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #226 | 632 |
| 1941 | — | #241 | 530 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #234 | 514 |
| 1939 | — | #273 | 402 | |
| 1938 | — | #273 | 410 | |
| 1937 | — | #276 | 389 | |
| 1936 | — | #279 | 375 | |
| 1935 | — | #291 | 350 | |
| 1934 | — | #277 | 375 | |
| 1933 | — | #286 | 341 | |
| 1932 | — | #281 | 375 | |
| 1931 | — | #265 | 423 | |
| 1930 | — | #276 | 424 | |
| 1929 | — | #266 | 437 | |
| 1928 | — | #280 | 401 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #270 | 446 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #257 | 475 |
| 1925 | — | #275 | 429 | |
| 1924 | — | #306 | 348 | |
| 1923 | — | #314 | 335 | |
| 1922 | — | #352 | 283 | |
| 1921 | — | #367 | 271 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #359 | 274 |
| 1919 | — | #370 | 244 | |
| 1918 | — | #345 | 278 | |
| 1917 | — | #343 | 261 | |
| 1916 | — | #344 | 243 | |
| 1915 | — | #337 | 244 | |
| 1914 | — | #321 | 200 | |
| 1913 | — | #295 | 180 | |
| 1912 | — | #321 | 134 | |
| 1911 | — | #285 | 86 | |
| 1910 | — | #321 | 59 | |
| 1909 | — | #307 | 56 | |
| 1908 | — | #326 | 47 | |
| 1907 | — | #310 | 47 | |
| 1906 | — | #298 | 47 | |
| 1905 | — | #270 | 53 | |
| 1904 | — | #312 | 40 | |
| 1903 | — | #266 | 48 | |
| 1902 | — | #288 | 43 | |
| 1901 | — | #318 | 31 | |
| 1900 | — | #430 | 27 | |
| 1899 | — | #362 | 25 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #459 | 18 | |
| 1896 | — | #352 | 30 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1893 | — | #371 | 23 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #462 | 16 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Reginald was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
See more about Reginald
- 105 spots since 2024 (#1,176 → #1,281)
- 295 spots since 2020 (#986 → #1,281)
- 401 spots since 2015 (#880 → #1,281)
- Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1883 (#754 → #527)
- Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1882 (#503 → #754)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1968 at #117 (2,551 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1880–2020
- Highest: 1 in 681 boys born in 1968 were named Reginald (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,164 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.3% of all boys named Reginald (24,921) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 131 | #462 (1885) | #524 |
| 1890s | 231 | #352 (1896) | #389 |
| 1900s | 439 | #266 (1903) | #313 |
| 1910s | 1,929 | #285 (1911) | #328 |
| 1920s | 3,699 | #257 (1926) | #305 |
| 1930s | 3,864 | #265 (1931) | #278 |
| 1940s | 7,090 | #189 (1949) | #223 |
| 1950s | 19,338 | #141 (1958) | #156 |
| 1960s | 24,921 | #117 (1968) | #131 |
| 1970s | 17,191 | #141 (1971) | #153 |
| 1980s | 13,500 | #166 (1980) | #190 |
| 1990s | 9,724 | #230 (1990) | #295 |
| 2000s | 5,271 | #373 (2000) | #489 |
| 2010s | 3,068 | #614 (2010) | #767 |
| 2020s | 1,155 | #986 (2020) | #1,107 |
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.
Reginald in 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
Top boys' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 231,792 of them was named Reginald, which outranked 35.5% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,796Wyona9
- #3,796Zonia9
- #3,796Zulma9
- #4,123Reginald8
- #4,123Adah8
- #4,123Adena8
- #4,123Adonica8
- #4,483Adline7
- #4,483Albertina7
- #4,483Aleeta7
Tied with 359 names at #4,123; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 1,301 of them was named Reginald, which outranked 95.9% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.