How rare is the name Reggie?

11,717 people in the United States have the first name Reggie, about 1 in 25,777. It ranks #2,231 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

REGGIE

#2,231

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,717
About
1 in 25,777
This common or more
79%
Who bears it

Of the 11,717 people named Reggie, 49.3% reported their origin as Black, 32.5% as White and 8.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Reggie peaked in 1979, when 318 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
1979
Births that year
318
In 2025*
97 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,827 babies have been given the name since 1906. 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.

Reggie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,191. The largest share of babies named Reggie, 27.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,65119
1910s#4,28394
1920s#3,137234
1930s#2,304335
1940s#1,3441,069
1950s#1,2441,788
1960s#1,1952,169
1970s#1,1912,317
1980s#1,6821,556
1990s#2,5521,084
2000s#3,676868
2010s#4,400716
2020s#3,642578
Greatest Generation 1901–272.3%
Silent Generation 1928–457.7%
Baby boom 1946–6427.2%
Generation X 1965–8027.2%
Millennials 1981–9616.3%
Generation Z 1997–1211%
2013 and later8.2%

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 Reggie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Reggie has been most common in Mississippi (3.9×), Louisiana (3.7×), and South Carolina (3.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.16×).

7,642 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.

Exactly as common as Reggie

1 other first name also has 11,717 people.

#2,231 Cori · 11,717

Either side of Reggie

#2,230 Dani · 11,724#2,231 Cori · 11,717#2,233 Zenaida · 11,715#2,234 Kacey · 11,711

Spelled almost the same

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

#23,266 Regie · 422#50,640 Reggi · 118

Also a last name

As a last name, Reggie ranks #93,963 of 156,621, with 209 people. See Reggie as a last name

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