Boys' name · peaked in 1968
Reginald name popularity since 1925
108,060 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Reginald (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1968 or earlier, so the typical Reginald is about 58 years old in 2026. Reginald peaked in 1968 as the #117 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 108,060
- Named Reginald, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,284 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% boys
- 750 girls · 107,310 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 5.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Reginald made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Reginald births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1962. Measured as a share of all babies, Reginald peaked in 1968.
- Fastest rise: Between 1946 and 1951, Reginald became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 2,260 baby boys to 1 in 1,280.
- Steepest fall: Between 2010 and 2015, its share of baby boys fell by 37%, from 1 in 4,760 to 1 in 7,580.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Reginald's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Reginald.
Decade by decade
Babies named Reginald in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 11 | 2,188 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 3,864 | #291 |
| 1940s | 10 | 7,090 | #228 |
| 1950s | 120 | 19,338 | #144 |
| 1960s | 231 | 24,921 | #128 |
| 1970s | 195 | 17,191 | #162 |
| 1980s | 170 | 13,500 | #192 |
| 1990s | 13 | 9,724 | #305 |
| 2000s | 0 | 5,271 | #501 |
| 2010s | 0 | 3,068 | #882 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,155 | #1,284 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.3% of babies named Reginald from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Reginald is most popular
The index compares Reginald's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Reginald.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 5.78× | 2,802 |
| Vermont | 2.89× | 507 |
| Louisiana | 2.88× | 5,429 |
| Alabama | 2.68× | 4,991 |
| Maine | 2.40× | 1,081 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Reginald's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Reginald.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Reginald (1968).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data