first name
REGINALD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 68,879 people named Reginald, 77.9% reported their origin as Black, 14.4% as White and 3.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Reginald peaked in 1962, when 2,668 babies got the name.
At least 112,308 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Reginald by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #282. The largest share of babies named Reginald, 32%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Reginald is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Reginald has been most common in District of Columbia (5.9×), Vermont (3.4×), and Louisiana (2.8×), and least common in Oregon (0.06×).
106,692 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 Reginald
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Reginald, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Reginald ranks #94,713 of 156,621, with 207 people. See Reginald as a last name
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