Reginald
Reginald is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 176 births. Its best rank was 117th, in 1968.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1760.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19622,646 births
- Best rank
- #117in 1968
- Since 1880
- 111,400people given the name
The story in the numbers
111,400 boys have been named Reginald in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 2,646 births — 0.13% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 22%. It has spent 141 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Reginald | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 131 | |
| 1890s | 231 | |
| 1900s | 439 | |
| 1910s | 1,929 | |
| 1920s | 3,699 | |
| 1930s | 3,864 | |
| 1940s | 7,091 | |
| 1950s | 19,338 | |
| 1960s | 24,922 | |
| 1970s | 17,191 | |
| 1980s | 13,500 | |
| 1990s | 9,724 | |
| 2000s | 5,271 | |
| 2010s | 3,068 | |
| 2020s | 1,002 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Reginald was the 133rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Reginald
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Roderickpeak 1971
- Tonypeak 1961
- Keithpeak 1957
- Michelpeak 1957
- Bradfordpeak 1953
- Terencepeak 1964
- Geromepeak 1964
- Michaelpeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.