Reginal — #12431 US boys' name
2,589 babies named Reginal in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Reginal was born in this single decade.
92 babies were named Reginal in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Reginal
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,589 babies named Reginal between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Reginal currently holds the #12431 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 92 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Reginal performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 606 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Reginal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 205 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Reginal in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Reginal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,589 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Reginal at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Reginal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1970)
- 92
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #12431 among boys.
2,589 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 92 births in a single year.
Reginal popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1971 (Reginal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Reginal accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Reginal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 606 births that decade — 23% of Reginal's all-time total
Reginal decade highlights
- Peak decade 606 births
- Runner-up 544 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Reginal's strongest decade
606 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Reginal by state
Where Reginal concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 205 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 123 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 63 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 53 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 50 | 1.9% |
| #6 | California | | 32 | 1.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 28 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 26 | 1.0% |
205 of 2,589 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.9% of nationwide
- Mississippi 4.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.4% of nationwide
- Florida 2.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Reginal appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.