NameTides

Reginald

Reginald was the #1,281 boys' name in the US in 2025 (153 babies), and #228 in England & Wales and #1,049 in Canada.

Reginald as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Reginald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Reginald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,281 (153)#228 (217)#495 (6)#829 (3)#1,049 (24)—
2024#1,176 (176)#239 (206)——#1,026 (24)—
2023#1,105 (192)#247 (194)——#911 (26)—
2022#1,064 (207)#224 (226)——#989 (23)—
2021#1,032 (211)#234 (214)#605 (4)—#974 (24)—
2020#986 (216)#224 (218)#599 (4)—#943 (24)—
2019#882 (249)#249 (197)—#764 (3)#1,029 (21)—
2018#832 (267)#284 (177)——#910 (25)—
2017#841 (263)#280 (185)#733 (3)—#1,158 (18)—
2016#820 (278)#296 (166)#707 (3)—#1,026 (21)—
2015#880 (253)#435 (95)——#1,204 (16)—
2014#806 (285)#502 (78)——#2,371 (6)—
2013#684 (351)#570 (62)——#1,312 (14)—
2012#658 (360)#805 (39)——#1,257 (15)—
2011#654 (359)#852 (34)——#1,326 (14)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1968 at #117.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Reginald is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Reginald by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #715MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Reginald (boys) 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#1,03310

Reginald (boys): 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
ReginaldCanadaBoys#1,04924
ReginaldEngland & WalesBoys#228217
ReginaldIrelandBoys#8293
ReginaldNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ReginaldNSWBoys—too few
ReginaldScotlandBoys#4956
ReginaldUSGirls—too few
ReginaldUSBoys#1,281153