Reinhold — boys' name
1,431 babies named Reinhold in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Reinhold was born in this single decade.
72 babies were named Reinhold in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Reinhold
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,431 babies named Reinhold between 1882 and 1988, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Reinhold currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 72 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Reinhold performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 447 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Reinhold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Dakota, which accounts for 132 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Reinhold in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Reinhold 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 1,431 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.
Reinhold at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Reinhold popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1882
- Peak year (1917)
- 72
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
1,431 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 72 births in a single year.
Reinhold by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 447 births that decade — 31% of Reinhold's all-time total
Reinhold decade highlights
- Peak decade 447 births
- Runner-up 368 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Reinhold's strongest decade
447 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Reinhold by state
Where Reinhold concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Dakota | | 132 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Wisconsin | | 87 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 39 | 2.7% |
| #4 | South Dakota | | 34 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 29 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Nebraska | | 18 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #8 | New York | | 11 | 0.8% |
132 of 1,431 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Dakota 9.2% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 6.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.7% of nationwide
- South Dakota 2.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Dakota accounts for 9.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Reinhold appears in 10 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, 1882–1988 (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.