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

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Peak · boys
1968 · 2,551 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
111,551
since 1880

Reginald over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Reginald has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #117, 1968boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,281153
2024#1,176176
2023#1,105192
2022#1,064207
2021#1,032211
2020#986216
2019#882249
2018#832267
2017#841263
2016#820278
2015#880253
2014#806285
2013#684351
2012#658360
2011#654359
2010#614403
2009#602429
2008#558472
2007#524493
2006#516500
2005#501494
2004#491502
2003#472531
2002#424583
2001#429567
2000#373700
1999#381682
1998#355736
1997#339763
1996#323818
1995#305863
1994#13,4305#295929
1993#2501,143
1992#2351,230
1991#2331,276
1990#9,2478#2301,284
1989#5,83614#2151,298
1988#4,01522#2021,333
1987#4,66017#1961,336
1986#3,75722#1881,350
1985#4,12619#1921,312
1984#5,53912#1851,336
1983#3,55522#1931,268
1982#5,53412#1841,378
1981#4,34417#1791,409
1980#5,24513#1661,480
1979#3,33324#1571,655
1978#4,24216#1601,515
1977#3,36622#1571,520
1976#2,93225#1631,427
1975#3,25921#1621,500
1974#3,55818#1521,610
1973#4,15514#1521,630
1972#3,06221#1411,912
1971#3,16621#1412,115
1970#4,24613#1422,307
1969#2,76823#1252,422
1968#2,09133#1172,551
1967#2,21229#1262,402
1966#2,66821#1312,330
1965#2,68421#1282,470
1964#2,67522#1282,618
1963#2,42425#1322,570
1962#2,66821#1332,647
1961#3,06017#1442,469
1960#2,82019#1442,442
1959#2,59620#1442,422
1958#2,97216#1412,490
1957#2,56320#1422,418
1956#2,92916#1442,223
1955#3,22513#1442,075
1954#4,2788#1581,812
1953#4,2268#1651,640
1952#4,1238#1761,494
1951#3,28411#1741,467
1950#1751,297
1949#1891,092
1948#206941
1947#214895
1946#223719
1945#228587
1944#237567
1943#236613
1942#4,6225#226632
1941#241530
1940#4,3495#234514
1939#273402
1938#273410
1937#276389
1936#279375
1935#291350
1934#277375
1933#286341
1932#281375
1931#265423
1930#276424
1929#266437
1928#280401
1927#4,2866#270446
1926#4,8515#257475
1925#275429
1924#306348
1923#314335
1922#352283
1921#367271
1920#3,9577#359274
1919#370244
1918#345278
1917#343261
1916#344243
1915#337244
1914#321200
1913#295180
1912#321134
1911#28586
1910#32159
1909#30756
1908#32647
1907#31047
1906#29847
1905#27053
1904#31240
1903#26648
1902#28843
1901#31831
1900#43027
1899#36225
1898#41822
1897#45918
1896#35230
1895#36826
1894#39922
1893#37123
1892#38424
1891#36422
1890#41519
1889#49814
1888#52814
1887#54411
1886#47015
1885#46216
1884#46816
1883#52712
1882#7547
1881#50312
1880#48214
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
88 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1968 at #117 (2,551 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 141 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1880–2020
Share of babies · boys
1 in 681
  • Highest: 1 in 681 boys born in 1968 were named Reginald (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,164 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 22.3% of all boys named Reginald (24,921) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s131#462 (1885)#524
1890s231#352 (1896)#389
1900s439#266 (1903)#313
1910s1,929#285 (1911)#328
1920s3,699#257 (1926)#305
1930s3,864#265 (1931)#278
1940s7,090#189 (1949)#223
1950s19,338#141 (1958)#156
1960s24,921#117 (1968)#131
1970s17,191#141 (1971)#153
1980s13,500#166 (1980)#190
1990s9,724#230 (1990)#295
2000s5,271#373 (2000)#489
2010s3,068#614 (2010)#767
2020s1,155#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 1967

girls
#2,212
29 births · 1 in 56,932 girls
boys
#126
2,402 births · 1 in 726 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #2,212Reginald29

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #126Reginald2,402
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 56,932 of them was named Reginald, which outranked 71.8% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reginald
  1. #2,167Tiffiny30
  2. #2,167Tona30
  3. #2,167Valeri30
  4. #2,212Reginald29
  5. #2,212Alba29
  6. #2,212Amparo29
  7. #2,212Anabel29
  8. #2,272Adelita28
  9. #2,272Alesha28
  10. #2,272Alica28

Tied with 59 names at #2,212; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 726 of them was named Reginald, which outranked 97.2% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reginald
  1. #123Derek2,447
  2. #124Marvin2,426
  3. #125Leonard2,414
  4. #126Reginald2,402
  5. #127Tommy2,356
  6. #128Ernest2,351
  7. #129Carlos2,298
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967