Boys' name · since 1931
Regenald
Regenald has 50 recorded births since 1931 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,209 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 50
- born since 1931
- 1970s
- peak decade
Regenald is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 50 have been recorded since 1931.
Regenald has 50 recorded births among boys since 1931, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1931 to 1987.
- #22,209 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 50 born since 1931
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Regenald ranks #22,209 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 1931, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,209 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 50
- born since 1931
- 1970s
- peak decade
Regenald's 50 recorded births place it above 51.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Regenald's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Regenald's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1931, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Regenald popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1987
- Peak year (1970)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Regenald by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (24 births, 48% of the file).
1970s was Regenald's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Regenald births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
24 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 24 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Regenald's decade-level peak was the 1970s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~1970)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1931–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Regenald draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.