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
#117
1968 · 2,551 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #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.

Where Reginald is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1892

boys
#384
24 births · 1 in 5,085 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #384Reginald24
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 5,085 of them was named Reginald, which outranked 69.5% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reginald
  1. #380Gustav25
  2. #380Ned25
  3. #380Sandy25
  4. #384Reginald24
  5. #384Berry24
  6. #384Carlos24
  7. #384Dick24
  8. #394Clay23
  9. #394Corbett23
  10. #394Dean23

Tied with 9 names at #384; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →