Unisex name · since 1996
Reign
7,989 babies named Reign in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,916 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #452 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,989
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
7,989 babies have been named Reign since 1996, making it today's #452 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Reign recorded 7,989 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #452 nationally today, ahead of 97% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #1,916 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #452 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,989 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reign ranks #1,916 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #452 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,989 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,916 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #452 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,989
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Reign's 7,989 recorded births place it above 97.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Reign compares
7,989 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Reign's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Reign | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,989 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 891 | 21 | 19,840 |
Reign's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Reign's full recorded timeline at 2011, 94% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 6% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 891 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Reign popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 891
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Reign popularity over time - boys
4,002 total births recorded since 1994 (Reign as boys' name)
Reign by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,769 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Reign's strongest decade.
4,769 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Reign births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 360
2000s
360 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,823 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,769 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,769 births (60% of all-time use).
How Reign 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 Reign's total volume
Reign by state
Where Reign concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 797 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 607 | 7.6% |
| #3 | California | | 594 | 7.4% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 512 | 6.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 427 | 5.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 318 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 301 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 277 | 3.5% |
797 of 7,989 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Reign appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Reigns (797 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1996–2025 (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 Reign 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.