Boys' name · peaked in 1974
Reynaldo name popularity since 1925
20,100 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Reynaldo. Half of them were born in 1980 or earlier, so the typical Reynaldo is about 46 years old in 2026. Reynaldo peaked in 1974 as the #473 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,100
- Named Reynaldo, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,652 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% boys
- 23 girls · 20,077 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 6.66× its national share
Peak year is the year Reynaldo 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.
Reynaldo births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1991. Measured as a share of all babies, Reynaldo peaked in 1974.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, Reynaldo's share of baby boys fell by 37%, from 1 in 8,610 to 1 in 13,700.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Reynaldo's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Reynaldo.
Decade by decade
Babies named Reynaldo 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 | 0 | 333 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 849 | #645 |
| 1940s | 0 | 1,405 | #498 |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,092 | #514 |
| 1960s | 0 | 2,574 | #472 |
| 1970s | 6 | 2,657 | #501 |
| 1980s | 17 | 2,822 | #539 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2,779 | #622 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,402 | #816 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,508 | #1,123 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 656 | #1,652 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
23.0% of babies named Reynaldo from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Reynaldo is most popular
The index compares Reynaldo'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 Reynaldo.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6.66× | 9,092 |
| New Mexico | 3.38× | 325 |
| Arizona | 2.92× | 659 |
| California | 1.84× | 3,392 |
| Florida | 1.22× | 769 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Reynaldo and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Reynaldo (this page) | 20,077 | 1974 |
| Reinaldo | 3,892 | 1974 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Reynaldo's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Reynaldo.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Reynaldo (1974).
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