Reginald
Masculine
Reginald is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 111,551 boys against 757 girls since 1880. See Reginald as a girl name
Reginald is a Norman name that has been in England since the Conquest, and it is recorded here for boys and girls alike. One man who carried it published, at the height of the witch panics, a book arguing that the whole thing was nonsense.
How old is the name Reginald?
Reginald was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Reginald alive today was born around 1966, making them about 59 years old. About 86,500 people named Reginald are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reginald most popular?
Reginald peaked in 1968, reaching #117 nationally. Today it ranks #1281, 1,164 places below that high. See the whole 1968 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Reginald
Reginald Scot published a book in the fifteen-eighties arguing that witchcraft accusations were a mixture of fraud, mental illness and misunderstanding, and that the supposed marvels were conjuring tricks. To prove the point he explained how the tricks were done, in detail, which makes the book the first substantial work on stage magic in English and the reason several standard illusions are documented at all. James the Sixth of Scotland wrote a book in reply defending the reality of witchcraft, and there is a persistent story that when he became king of England he had Scot's book burned. The tricks survived. So did the trials, for another century.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Germanic elements are usually read as counsel and rule, and the reading is reasonably secure. What is less clear is how many separate Germanic and Norse names converged on this form in English.
Pronouncing Reginald
REJ-uh-nuld
Three syllables with the stress in front and a soft g. The French and Italian forms are quite different and are not interchangeable in speech.
Nicknames for Reginald
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 19632,570 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #117reached in 1968
- Change vs 2022
- −26.1%153 in 2025, from 207
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Reginald in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Renaud in French — related form
- Rinaldo in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Texas, Georgia.
Reginalds among us
people named Reginald are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 11,164 born in 2025 was named Reginald
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Allan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Reginald's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Allan climbed just as high around 1940, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Allan's path sketches the road Reginald is walking now.
Reginald sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Reginald is headed
Reginald should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Reginald beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Reginald in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Reggie is available as a short form and works for a child of either sex.
- The name has a documented history in English going back to the Norman period.
- It is read correctly at first sight by nearly everybody.
- In America it reads as belonging to an older generation, which is either the appeal or the obstacle.
- This spelling goes overwhelmingly to boys but is recorded for girls as well, so a form will occasionally guess wrong.
- Three syllables and a soft g mean it is occasionally spelled with a j by people writing from sound.
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Frequently asked
- How many Reginalds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 86,500 people named Reginald are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Reginald in 2025?
- Reginald ranks #1281 among US boy names in 2025, with 153 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Reginald?
- About 1 in every 11,164 US boys born in 2025 was named Reginald — 153 in all.
- Will my child share the name Reginald with classmates?
- Reginald will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Reginald
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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