How rare is the name Reagan?

58,855 people in the United States have the first name Reagan, about 1 in 5,132. It ranks #811 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

REAGAN

#811

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
58,855
About
1 in 5,132
This common or more
66.9%
Who bears it

Of the 58,855 people named Reagan, 82.1% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Black and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 88.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Reagan peaked in 2012, when 3,322 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
3,322
In 2025*
1,342 ▼60%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 73,580 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Reagan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #227. The largest share of babies named Reagan, 46.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,25843
1920s#8,29739
1930s#7,06241
1940s#4,430128
1950s#3,946201
1960s#3,189348
1970s#1,7261,255
1980s#2,0141,155
1990s#9015,339
2000s#33122,400
2010s#22730,965
2020s#35611,666
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–802.3%
Millennials 1981–964.5%
Generation Z 1997–1246.5%
2013 and later45.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Reagan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Reagan has been most common in Utah (1.9×), Nevada (1.8×), and Texas (1.7×), and least common in Hawaii (0.34×).

69,143 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Reagan

#809 Cora · 58,912#810 Lucille · 58,884#812 Bryson · 58,590#813 Felipe · 58,515

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Reagan, most common first.

#1,671 Regan · 18,676#9,514 Reegan · 1,455#12,458 Reaghan · 999#14,563 Reagen · 808#24,941 Reygan · 383#29,770 Reigan · 296#47,181 Reagon · 139

Also a last name

As a last name, Reagan ranks #2,331 of 156,621, with 15,210 people. See Reagan as a last name

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