NameTides

Reagan

Reagan was the #248 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,244 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Reagan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Reagan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Reagan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#248 (1,244)#3,333 (7)———#1,974 (11)
2024#244 (1,297)#5,892 (3)—#407 (3)#898 (3)#1,541 (15)
2023#168 (1,728)#3,219 (7)#630 (4)——#1,582 (14)
2022#147 (1,988)#1,948 (14)———#927 (28)
2021#126 (2,242)#2,942 (8)———#997 (27)
2020#114 (2,373)#1,846 (15)#765 (3)——#971 (27)
2019#102 (2,754)#1,562 (19)#765 (3)—#716 (4)#970 (27)
2018#107 (2,820)#1,649 (18)#583 (5)#361 (4)#896 (3)#907 (30)
2017#98 (3,005)#1,911 (15)#666 (4)—#734 (4)#680 (43)
2016#98 (3,097)#1,635 (19)#453 (7)—#750 (4)#717 (41)
2015#99 (3,061)#1,711 (17)#806 (3)——#674 (43)
2014#106 (2,903)#1,367 (23)——#876 (3)#847 (32)
2013#104 (3,040)#3,160 (7)——#747 (4)#647 (44)
2012#97 (3,088)#2,521 (10)———#542 (55)
2011#122 (2,611)#1,729 (16)———#821 (33)

Reagan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Reagan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Reagan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,677 (98)#1,124 (26)#495 (6)#395 (3)#829 (3)#2,095 (9)
2024#1,573 (110)#1,076 (27)———#1,764 (11)
2023#1,530 (115)#814 (40)#728 (3)—#770 (3)#2,921 (5)
2022#1,306 (145)#731 (45)——#657 (4)#2,229 (7)
2021#1,182 (166)#805 (40)#533 (5)—#755 (3)#1,761 (10)
2020#1,196 (160)#796 (39)—#392 (3)—#2,746 (5)
2019#1,047 (196)#622 (58)#701 (3)——#1,835 (9)
2018#1,018 (202)#610 (59)#344 (10)#365 (4)—#1,389 (13)
2017#972 (213)#600 (61)#602 (4)—#610 (4)#2,198 (7)
2016#999 (204)#554 (69)#707 (3)#358 (4)—#1,198 (17)
2015#993 (207)#543 (70)#389 (8)#342 (4)#699 (3)#2,387 (6)
2014#999 (206)#583 (61)#680 (3)——#1,250 (15)
2013#955 (209)#538 (68)——#711 (3)#1,771 (9)
2012#893 (234)#619 (57)#568 (4)——#1,202 (16)
2011#889 (232)#621 (55)#491 (5)——#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #97.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Reagan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Reagan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Reagan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #164WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #286WAIdaho: #160IDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #221MNIllinois: #221ILMichigan: #275MINew York: #304NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #396ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #173IAIndiana: #267INOhio: #190OHPennsylvania: #228PANew Jersey: #263NJConnecticut: #206CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #308CAUtah: #249UTColorado: #200CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #228MOKentucky: #216KYWest Virginia: #273WVVirginia: #197VAMaryland: #225MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #282AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #231ARTennessee: #181TNNorth Carolina: #238NCSouth Carolina: #228SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #138OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #223GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #293TXFlorida: #284FL
Reagan (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Reagan (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ReaganCanadaGirls#1,97411
ReaganCanadaBoys#2,0959
ReaganEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
ReaganEngland & WalesBoys#1,12426
ReaganIrelandGirls—too few
ReaganIrelandBoys#8293
ReaganNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ReaganNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
ReaganScotlandGirls—too few
ReaganScotlandBoys#4956
ReaganUSGirls#2481,244
ReaganUSBoys#1,67798