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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| 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.
Where Reginal is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#217 · 1 in 1,265
- South Carolina#367 · 1 in 3,552
- Alabama#438 · 1 in 5,321
Best ever in a state: #217 in Mississippi, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #217 | 15 | 1 in 1,265 |
| South Carolina | #367 | 6 | 1 in 3,552 |
| Alabama | #438 | 5 | 1 in 5,321 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
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1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 25,976 of them was named Reginal, which outranked 82.2% 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).
- #1,037Leopoldo61
- #1,037Liam61
- #1,037Ned61
- #1,045Reginal60
- #1,045Adolph60
- #1,045Armand60
- #1,045Bronson60
- #1,054Ahmed59
- #1,054Bartholomew59
- #1,054Brandt59
Tied with 8 names at #1,045; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.