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Reginald

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1962, with 2,647 babies; 153 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #880, 2016: #820, 2017: #841, 2018: #832, 2019: #882, 2020: #986, 2021: #1,032, 2022: #1,064, 2023: #1,105, 2024: #1,176, 2025: #1,2811 in 11,164 boys in the US, 2025#1,281 · falling · was #880 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #435, 2016: #296, 2017: #280, 2018: #284, 2019: #249, 2020: #224, 2021: #234, 2022: #224, 2023: #247, 2024: #239, 2025: #2281 in 1,253 boys in E&W, 2025#228 · rising · was #435 in 2015

Boy’s name · Germanic · /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪnəld/

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What Reginald means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Reginald yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1962, with 2,647 babies; 153 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Reginald?

US 2025
#1281
153 babies
▼ 105 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#228
217 babies
▲ 11 vs 2024
Scotland 2025
#495
6 babies

US: Falling: down from #880 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #435 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (1968)

Biggest US share so far: 1968, when 2,551 boys got the name (#117 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 11,164 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 1,253 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
  • About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland 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 LA (0.47 per 1,000 boys), MI (0.25 per 1,000 boys), GA (0.2 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Reginald is #1281 in the US and #228 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#12811531 in 11,164#880
England & Wales#2282171 in 1,253#435
Scotland#49561 in 3,274–

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Reginald were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250153
England & Wales 20250217
US all years since 1880757111,551
England & Wales since 199602,552

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

How to say it

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪnəld/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Reginald

Boys

  • Jeffrey#552Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #552 vs #1,705 in 2025
  • Richard#234“king, ruler + hard, brave”
  • Robert#92“shining glory”
  • Raymond#394“advice + protection”
  • Frank#513Form of Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”
  • Ronald#637“advice + power”

For a sister

  • Linda#902“tender, soft”
  • Alicia#460Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 7,820 babies; 672 in 2025
  • Alison#476“of noble kind”
  • Anne#619Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1959, with 5,745 babies; 472 in 2025
  • Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”
  • Alyssa#453“a plant of the genus Alyssum”

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

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