Reagan
Reagan was given to 1,244 girls in 2025, #248 among girls’ names; 73,580 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 72,500 Americans named Reagan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 9 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Reagan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Reagan mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Reagan is “a female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later American usage.” Its etymology gives the senses “descendant of Riagán” (Riagáin) and “impulsive, furious” (ríodhgach).
Also “a male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.”
Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Riagáin (“descendant of Riagán”), a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach (“impulsive, furious”), an alternative form of ríogach.
/ˈɹeɪ.ɡən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Reagan?
#248 among girls’ names, 2025
Reagan fell from #99 in 2015 to #248 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 1.7 to 0.77 per 1,000.
3,322 babies in 2012, the peak
Reagan peaked in 2012, when 3,322 babies were given it (3,088 girls, #97 among girls’ names). The 1,342 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 40% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,244 | #248 | 98 | #1,687 |
| 2024 | 1,297 | #244 | 110 | #1,580 |
| 2023 | 1,728 | #168 | 115 | #1,535 |
| 2022 | 1,988 | #147 | 145 | #1,306 |
| 2021 | 2,242 | #126 | 166 | #1,186 |
| 2020 | 2,373 | #114 | 160 | #1,198 |
| 2019 | 2,754 | #102 | 196 | #1,050 |
| 2018 | 2,820 | #107 | 202 | #1,021 |
| 2017 | 3,005 | #98 | 213 | #973 |
| 2016 | 3,097 | #98 | 204 | #1,004 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,061 | #99 | 207 | #995 |
| 2014 | 2,903 | #106 | 206 | #1,001 |
| 2013 | 3,040 | #104 | 209 | #960 |
| 2012 | 3,088 | #97 | 234 | #895 |
| 2011 | 2,611 | #122 | 232 | #891 |
| 2010 | 2,480 | #127 | 203 | #974 |
| 2009 | 2,540 | #127 | 211 | #957 |
| 2008 | 2,385 | #143 | 204 | #978 |
| 2007 | 2,261 | #156 | 247 | #854 |
| 2006 | 2,238 | #156 | 260 | #793 |
| 2005 | 2,425 | #139 | 299 | #692 |
| 2004 | 2,269 | #145 | 366 | #596 |
| 2003 | 1,657 | #201 | 200 | #865 |
| 2002 | 1,624 | #199 | 223 | #775 |
| 2001 | 1,445 | #220 | 235 | #741 |
| 2000 | 1,131 | #286 | 180 | #877 |
| 1999 | 865 | #348 | 190 | #804 |
| 1998 | 889 | #333 | 153 | #925 |
| 1997 | 695 | #381 | 166 | #854 |
| 1996 | 567 | #446 | 140 | #931 |
| 1995 | 399 | #576 | 120 | #1,012 |
| 1994 | 298 | #704 | 85 | #1,269 |
| 1993 | 199 | #950 | 74 | #1,325 |
| 1992 | 140 | #1,242 | 49 | #1,739 |
| 1991 | 124 | #1,328 | 46 | #1,757 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,680 | 52 | #1,603 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,693 | 42 | #1,818 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,764 | 44 | #1,633 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,938 | 38 | #1,750 |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,017 | 32 | #1,907 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,895 | 35 | #1,754 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,827 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,851 | 30 | #1,853 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,943 | 31 | #1,844 |
| 1981 | 110 | #1,199 | 50 | #1,326 |
| 1980 | 161 | #932 | 58 | #1,212 |
| 1979 | 139 | #1,017 | 45 | #1,405 |
| 1978 | 167 | #880 | 53 | #1,236 |
| 1977 | 146 | #951 | 55 | #1,196 |
| 1976 | 110 | #1,102 | 27 | #1,860 |
| 1975 | 133 | #950 | 38 | #1,447 |
| 1974 | 70 | #1,443 | 35 | #1,497 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,726 | 31 | #1,577 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,250 | 24 | #1,861 |
| 1971 | 23 | #3,038 | 35 | #1,458 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,281 | 32 | #1,515 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,824 | 29 | #1,521 |
| 1968 | 19 | #3,032 | 17 | #2,015 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,791 | 29 | #1,437 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,365 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,140 | 24 | #1,617 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,726 | 25 | #1,603 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,975 | 34 | #1,350 |
| 1962 | under 5 | 22 | #1,745 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 9 | #3,051 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 17 | #2,022 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 14 | #2,275 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 22 | #1,715 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 21 | #1,781 | |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,210 | 14 | #2,240 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 15 | #2,115 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 17 | #1,941 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 22 | #1,667 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 22 | #1,652 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 25 | #1,510 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 22 | #1,604 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 18 | #1,808 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 18 | #1,803 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 13 | #2,230 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 16 | #1,870 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 12 | #2,105 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 10 | #2,434 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 14 | #2,055 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 13 | #2,120 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 7 | #3,078 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 7 | #3,073 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 6 | #3,412 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 5 | #3,928 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 7 | #3,116 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 6 | #3,692 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 9 | #2,833 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 8 | #3,232 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 5 | #4,428 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 6 | #4,103 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 7 | #3,781 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 6 | #4,215 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 9 | #3,169 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 6 | #4,179 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 5 | #4,669 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 8 | #3,307 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 10 | #2,692 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 10 | #2,691 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 5 | #4,279 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 5 | #3,173 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Reagan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 73,580 Americans recorded as Reagan, 89% are girls and 11% boys. In 2025 it went to 1,244 girls and 98 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Reagan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Reagan, and how old are they?
72,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 73,580 Americans ever recorded as Reagan. The median Reagan alive today is 14 years old; half are between 9 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 58,855 people named Reagan (52,217 women and girls, 6,638 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 61,734 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 28 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 279 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,560 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,220 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 33,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 33,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Reagan born?
The states with the most babies named Reagan are Texas, California and Florida, with 25% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 139 | #295 | 1.2× |
| California | 111 | #313 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 73 | #288 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 58 | #191 | 1.2× |
| New York | 55 | #309 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 49 | #233 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 47 | #228 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 45 | #246 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 45 | #228 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 42 | #199 | 1.3× |
Where Reagan is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Reagan is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1913 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Reagan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 110,516 babies since 1880, Reagan is the most given (67% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,342 of their 2,472 babies (54%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Reagan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1910-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Gracen | 3,531 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Reagan and names like it
- Compare Reagan and ReganBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sReagan peaked in 2012.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Reagan since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Reagan: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2012The year the most babies were named Reagan.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Reagan alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with RMost given first.