Reg

Where Reg comes from

Shortening.
— Wiktionary's entry for Reg
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1936
    First appearance
    #3,147 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Peak, #2,026
    16 babies named Reg — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1961
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,652.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Reginald.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.