Girls' name · since 1983
Reghan
Reghan has 895 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,108 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 895
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Reghan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 895 recorded since 1983.
Reghan has 895 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2024.
- #8,108 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 895 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reghan ranks #8,108 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 895 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,108 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 895
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Reghan's 895 recorded births place it above 88.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
Reghan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Reghan's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 54, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Reghan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2024
- Peak year (2005)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
895 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 54 births in a single year.
Reghan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (455 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Reghan's strongest decade.
455 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Reghan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
183 births
- 2000s
2000s
455 births
- 2010s
2010s
225 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 455 births (51% of all-time use).
Reghan decade highlights
- Peak decade 455 births
- Runner-up 225 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Reghan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Reghan's total volume
Reghan by state
Where Reghan concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 32 | 3.6% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 14 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Kansas | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
32 of 895 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 3.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.6% of nationwide
- Kansas 0.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.7% of nationwide
- California 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 3.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Reghan's data
- Reghan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (455 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Reghans (32 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Reghan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
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, 1983–2024 (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 Reghan 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.
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