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Reagan

Means “descendant of Riagán”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #99, 2016: #98, 2017: #98, 2018: #107, 2019: #102, 2020: #114, 2021: #126, 2022: #147, 2023: #168, 2024: #244, 2025: #2481 in 1,292 girls in the US, 2025#248 · falling · was #99 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,711, 2016: #1,635, 2017: #1,911, 2018: #1,649, 2019: #1,562, 2020: #1,846, 2021: #2,942, 2022: #1,948, 2023: #3,219, 2024: #5,892, 2025: #3,3331 in 36,183 girls in E&W, 2025#3,333 · falling · was #1,711 in 2015

Girl’s name · from a surname · /ˈɹeɪ.ɡən/

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What Reagan means

Means “descendant of Riagán”

Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Riagáin (“descendant of Riagán”), a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach (“impulsive, furious”), an alternative form of ríogach.

Source: Wiktionary, “Reagan” (revision 94542907), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Reagan?

US 2025
#248
1,244 babies
▼ 4 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#3333
7 babies
▲ 2559 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #99 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1711 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2012)

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 3,088 girls got the name (#97 that year). First in the US records in 1956.

How common

  • About 1 in 1,292 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 36,183 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (2.48 per 1,000 girls), ND (2.22 per 1,000 girls), NH (2.11 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Reagan is #248 in the US and #3333 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#2481,2441 in 1,292#99
England & Wales#333371 in 36,183#1711
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Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.7% of US babies named Reagan were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20251,24498
England & Wales 2025726
US all years since 188065,7397,841
England & Wales since 19964291,397

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/ˈɹeɪ.ɡən/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Reagan

Girls

  • Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”
  • Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”
  • Rylie#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #1,454 in 2025
  • Reese#192“ardor”
  • Macie#438Editor’s note Down from #415 in 2015 to #438 in 2025 in the US
  • Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls

For a brother

  • Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Carter#45“son of Arthur”
  • Zane#324Variant of Zayn, meaning “beauty”
  • Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”
  • Carson#124“rock”
  • Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Reagan’s. Rank is US 2025.

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