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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

girls
#4,155
14 births · 1 in 104,158 girls
boys
#152
1,630 births · 1 in 956 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #4,155Reginald14

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #152Reginald1,630
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 104,158 of them was named Reginald, which outranked 57.6% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reginald
  1. #3,971Vanda15
  2. #3,971Walida15
  3. #3,971Wynona15
  4. #4,155Reginald14
  5. #4,155Adelle14
  6. #4,155Adrena14
  7. #4,155Afrika14
  8. #4,362Adrina13
  9. #4,362Alane13
  10. #4,362Alesa13

Tied with 206 names at #4,155; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 956 of them was named Reginald, which outranked 97.4% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reginald
  1. #149Ernest1,680
  2. #150Leonard1,666
  3. #151Ricardo1,631
  4. #152Reginald1,630
  5. #153Dustin1,616
  6. #154Adrian1,612
  7. #155Jared1,590
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973