Meaning not yet researched.
Reginald: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 153 in 2025. Its best rank was #117 in 1968.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #117 in 1968; #1,284 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Reginald in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,284 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1968, at #117.
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Reginald: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 153 boys in 2025. Peak: #117 in 1968 · most boys in one year: 2,647 (1962).
In 2025, 153 US boys were named Reginald, making it the 1,284th most common boys’ name of the year, down 104 places from #1,180 in 2024. That is 23 fewer than the 176 boys named Reginald in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #117, reached in 1968. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,647, in 1962. For comparison, it was #882 in 2015 and #175 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Reginald in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 14 babies with the name. In all, 112,308 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 25,152 babies named Reginald.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,212 US boys were named Reginald; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 278. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,164 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Reginald ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #522 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Reynold (4,672 babies since 1880), Reinaldo (3,941 babies since 1880) and Renaldo (2,879 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Reginold, Renald and Reginaldo are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Naldo, Reg, Reggie and Renny.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Reginold (522), Renald (518), Reginaldo (414), Reg (209), Reynald (151), Regginald (130), Renold (63), Renaud (61), Regenald (50), Regionald (46).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Reginald is listed as a nickname for Reggie, Reynold.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 39 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 9 | #522 | #380 |
| Michigan | 10 | #756 | #703 |
| Georgia | 10 | #906 | #357 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,064 | #963 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,111 | #739 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,112 | #818 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,115 | #694 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,153 | #619 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,204 | #1,294 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,226 | #766 |
| Texas | 11 | #1,629 | #964 |
| California | 8 | #1,950 | #1,430 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 153 | #1,284 |
| 2024 | — | — | 176 | #1,180 |
| 2023 | — | — | 192 | #1,108 |
| 2022 | — | — | 207 | #1,065 |
| 2021 | — | — | 211 | #1,032 |
| 2020 | — | — | 216 | #990 |
| 2019 | — | — | 249 | #884 |
| 2018 | — | — | 267 | #835 |
| 2017 | — | — | 263 | #841 |
| 2016 | — | — | 278 | #822 |
| 2015 | — | — | 253 | #882 |
| 2014 | — | — | 285 | #807 |
| 2013 | — | — | 351 | #684 |
| 2012 | — | — | 360 | #659 |
| 2011 | — | — | 359 | #654 |
| 2010 | — | — | 403 | #615 |
| 2009 | — | — | 429 | #603 |
| 2008 | — | — | 472 | #558 |
| 2007 | — | — | 493 | #525 |
| 2006 | — | — | 500 | #516 |
| 2005 | — | — | 494 | #501 |
| 2004 | — | — | 502 | #491 |
| 2003 | — | — | 531 | #473 |
| 2002 | — | — | 583 | #425 |
| 2001 | — | — | 567 | #429 |
| 2000 | — | — | 700 | #373 |
| 1999 | — | — | 682 | #381 |
| 1998 | — | — | 736 | #355 |
| 1997 | — | — | 763 | #340 |
| 1996 | — | — | 818 | #323 |
| 1995 | — | — | 863 | #305 |
| 1994 | 5 | #15,178 | 929 | #296 |
| 1993 | — | — | 1,143 | #251 |
| 1992 | — | — | 1,230 | #235 |
| 1991 | — | — | 1,276 | #233 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,932 | 1,284 | #230 |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,072 | 1,298 | #215 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,135 | 1,333 | #202 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,824 | 1,336 | #197 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,854 | 1,350 | #188 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,241 | 1,312 | #192 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,801 | 1,336 | #186 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,646 | 1,268 | #193 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,806 | 1,378 | #184 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,482 | 1,409 | #179 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,466 | 1,480 | #166 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,418 | 1,655 | #157 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,407 | 1,515 | #160 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,458 | 1,520 | #157 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,984 | 1,427 | #163 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,374 | 1,500 | #162 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,659 | 1,610 | #152 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,299 | 1,630 | #152 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,147 | 1,912 | #141 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,237 | 2,115 | #141 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,426 | 2,307 | #142 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,825 | 2,422 | #125 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,117 | 2,551 | #117 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,258 | 2,402 | #126 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,728 | 2,330 | #131 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,731 | 2,470 | #128 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,728 | 2,618 | #128 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,471 | 2,570 | #132 |
| 1962 | 21 | #2,721 | 2,647 | #133 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,157 | 2,469 | #144 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,883 | 2,442 | #144 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,656 | 2,422 | #144 |
| 1958 | 16 | #3,057 | 2,490 | #142 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,629 | 2,418 | #142 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,026 | 2,223 | #144 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,341 | 2,075 | #144 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,567 | 1,812 | #158 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,516 | 1,640 | #165 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,395 | 1,494 | #176 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,446 | 1,467 | #174 |
| 1950 | — | — | 1,297 | #175 |
| 1949 | — | — | 1,092 | #189 |
| 1948 | — | — | 941 | #206 |
| 1947 | — | — | 895 | #214 |
| 1946 | — | — | 719 | #223 |
| 1945 | — | — | 587 | #228 |
| 1944 | — | — | 567 | #237 |
| 1943 | — | — | 613 | #236 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,225 | 632 | #226 |
| 1941 | — | — | 530 | #242 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,894 | 514 | #236 |
| 1939 | — | — | 402 | #273 |
| 1938 | — | — | 410 | #273 |
| 1937 | — | — | 389 | #276 |
| 1936 | — | — | 375 | #279 |
| 1935 | — | — | 350 | #291 |
| 1934 | — | — | 375 | #279 |
| 1933 | — | — | 341 | #286 |
| 1932 | — | — | 375 | #282 |
| 1931 | — | — | 423 | #267 |
| 1930 | — | — | 424 | #276 |
| 1929 | — | — | 437 | #267 |
| 1928 | — | — | 401 | #281 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,703 | 446 | #270 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,483 | 475 | #257 |
| 1925 | — | — | 429 | #276 |
| 1924 | — | — | 348 | #306 |
| 1923 | — | — | 335 | #314 |
| 1922 | — | — | 283 | #352 |
| 1921 | — | — | 271 | #367 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,315 | 274 | #359 |
| 1919 | — | — | 244 | #370 |
| 1918 | — | — | 278 | #345 |
| 1917 | — | — | 261 | #343 |
| 1916 | — | — | 243 | #346 |
| 1915 | — | — | 244 | #338 |
| 1914 | — | — | 200 | #323 |
| 1913 | — | — | 180 | #297 |
| 1912 | — | — | 134 | #323 |
| 1911 | — | — | 86 | #285 |
| 1910 | — | — | 59 | #323 |
| 1909 | — | — | 56 | #310 |
| 1908 | — | — | 47 | #329 |
| 1907 | — | — | 47 | #312 |
| 1906 | — | — | 47 | #301 |
| 1905 | — | — | 53 | #273 |
| 1904 | — | — | 40 | #319 |
| 1903 | — | — | 48 | #268 |
| 1902 | — | — | 43 | #290 |
| 1901 | — | — | 31 | #322 |
| 1900 | — | — | 27 | #440 |
| 1899 | — | — | 25 | #373 |
| 1898 | — | — | 22 | #430 |
| 1897 | — | — | 18 | #471 |
| 1896 | — | — | 30 | #355 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #380 |
| 1894 | — | — | 22 | #407 |
| 1893 | — | — | 23 | #381 |
| 1892 | — | — | 24 | #392 |
| 1891 | — | — | 22 | #370 |
| 1890 | — | — | 19 | #421 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #516 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #549 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #576 |
| 1886 | — | — | 15 | #487 |
| 1885 | — | — | 16 | #476 |
| 1884 | — | — | 16 | #483 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #550 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #817 |
| 1881 | — | — | 12 | #525 |
| 1880 | — | — | 14 | #500 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).