Reynaldo
Masculine · “ruler's counsel”
Reynaldo is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 20,552 boys against 23 girls since 1880.
Reynaldo is the Spanish of Reginald, and the Germanic behind it is counsel and rule — regin, the counsel of the gods, joined to wald, power.
How old is the name Reynaldo?
Reynaldo first appears in US birth records in 1908 — 117 years ago. The typical Reynaldo alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 17,000 people named Reynaldo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reynaldo most popular?
Reynaldo peaked in 1951, reaching #446 nationally. Today it ranks #1644, 1,198 places below that high. See the whole 1951 chart.
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Where it comes from
From regin wald to Reynaldo
The story of Reynaldo
Rinaldo is one of Charlemagne's paladins in the Italian romances, and Ariosto and Tasso both give him major roles; Handel's first London opera is named for him. Spanish and Portuguese made Reynaldo and Reinaldo. Spanish-speaking families brought it to the United States, where it appears steadily and is in current use.
Meaning
ruler's counsel
From the Germanic regin, 'counsel' or 'the gods who give it', and wald, 'rule' or 'power'. The same compound gives Reginald, Ronald, Rinaldo and Reynolds. Both elements are ordinary and the meaning is transparent and undisputed.
How the name formed
- regin wald
- Reginald
- Reynaldo
Related forms: Reynaldo · Reinaldo · Rinaldo · Reginald
Pronouncing Reynaldo
ray-NAHL-doh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Spanish rolls the r; English speakers usually do not.
Nicknames for Reynaldo
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
- 1908
- Most boys named
- 1990341 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #446reached in 1951
- Change vs 2023
- −8.1%102 in 2025, from 111
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.
Reynaldo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Reynaldo in Spanish — same name
- Reinaldo in Portuguese — spelling variant
- Rinaldo in Italian — related form
- Reginald in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Reynaldos among us
people named Reynaldo are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 16,746 born in 2025 was named Reynaldo
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Reynaldo
- #1644
- Reynaldo on the 2025 chart
- #812
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Reynaldo went to 102 boys in 2025, but Reinaldo is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 116, which makes it the 812th most-given boys’ name of the year — 832 places above the chart.
- Reynaldo102
- Reinaldo14
About 1 boy in 14,725 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 16,746 for Reynaldo itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Theron test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Reynaldo's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Theron climbed just as high around 1910, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Theron's path sketches the road Reynaldo is walking now.
Reynaldo 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 Reynaldo is headed
Reynaldo is easing off slowly — about 15% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium 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.
Reynaldo beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Reynaldo in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The counsel-and-rule meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- One of Charlemagne's paladins carries the Italian form.
- Rey and Naldo are two short forms, both in real use.
- Reinaldo is the Portuguese spelling and both are in use.
- Three syllables make it longer than the English Reginald in speech.
- Ronaldo is close enough to cause confusion.
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Frequently asked
- How many Reynaldos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 17,000 people named Reynaldo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Reynaldo?
- Reynaldo is the most-used spelling in US records — 102 of the 116 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Reinaldo.
- How popular is the name Reynaldo in 2025?
- Reynaldo ranks #1644 among US boy names in 2025, with 102 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Reynaldo?
- About 1 in every 16,746 US boys born in 2025 was named Reynaldo — 102 in all.
- Will my child share the name Reynaldo with classmates?
- Reynaldo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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