NameTides

Reign

Reign was the #451 girls' name in the US in 2025 (682 babies), and #733 in England & Wales and #882 in Canada.

Reign as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Reign as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Reign as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#451 (682)#733 (50)#632 (4)#882 (32)
2024#433 (714)#722 (52)#476 (6)#1,291 (19)
2023#413 (743)#617 (61)—#1,080 (23)
2022#366 (868)#586 (66)#470 (6)#1,056 (24)
2021#349 (891)#734 (51)—#947 (29)
2020#356 (871)#771 (47)—#923 (29)
2019#389 (792)#864 (42)#765 (3)#747 (39)
2018#527 (594)#990 (36)—#889 (31)
2017#705 (409)#1,512 (21)—#1,454 (16)
2016#831 (345)#1,834 (16)—#1,690 (13)
2015#1,112 (232)#2,705 (9)—#1,267 (19)
2014#1,602 (134)#5,691 (3)—#1,600 (14)
2013#2,002 (97)——#2,595 (7)
2012#2,632 (68)——#3,334 (5)
2011#2,534 (71)#5,785 (3)—#2,899 (6)

Reign as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Reign 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 IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Reign 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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#769 (333)#367 (114)#333 (10)#314 (5)—#651 (43)
2024#622 (455)#294 (153)#352 (10)—#582 (5)#525 (54)
2023#624 (450)#325 (135)#341 (10)#395 (3)#660 (4)#561 (48)
2022#642 (429)#353 (120)#522 (5)——#498 (56)
2021#605 (459)#330 (138)#605 (4)—#631 (4)#545 (52)
2020#638 (419)#356 (123)#599 (4)—#741 (3)#608 (42)
2019#766 (310)#454 (89)#701 (3)—#764 (3)#645 (40)
2018#950 (219)#511 (76)———#964 (23)
2017#965 (215)#709 (49)#532 (5)——#810 (30)
2016#1,199 (158)#818 (39)———#1,000 (22)
2015#1,396 (123)#1,279 (20)———#1,384 (13)
2014#2,582 (47)#4,632 (3)———#1,657 (10)
2013#3,964 (25)—————
2012#2,716 (44)#4,805 (3)———#2,368 (6)
2011#3,695 (28)————#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #349.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.
  • In 2025, 67% of US babies named Reign were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Reign is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Reign by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #351MINew York: #679NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #396INOhio: #444OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #265MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #320VAMaryland: #327MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #409TNNorth Carolina: #280NCSouth Carolina: #278SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #195LAMississippi: #133MSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #163GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #391TXFlorida: #358FL
Reign (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#78315

Reign (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
ReignCanadaGirls#88232
ReignCanadaBoys#65143
ReignEngland & WalesGirls#73350
ReignEngland & WalesBoys#367114
ReignIrelandBoys—too few
ReignNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ReignNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
ReignScotlandGirls#6324
ReignScotlandBoys#33310
ReignUSGirls#451682
ReignUSBoys#769333