Reynold
Reynold was given to 7 boys in 2025, #10,443 among boys’ names; 4,672 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,990 Americans named Reynold and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 42 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Reynold by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Reynold mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Reynold is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, today more popular in the forms Reginald and Ronald. Modern use is partly transferred from the surname.”
From Anglo-Norman Reinald, from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz brought to England by Normans and partly merged with the earlier equivalent Ronald, from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr. Doublet of Renault.
/ˈɹɛnəld/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Reynold?
#10,443 among boys’ names, 2025
Reynold fell from #9,389 in 2015 to #10,443 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 4.2 to 4.1 per million.
92 babies in 1922, the peak
Reynold peaked in 1922, when 92 boys were given it, #677 among boys’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #10,443 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 6 | #12,039 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 7 | #10,563 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #12,007 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 10 | #8,032 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,946 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,522 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 10 | #8,033 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,680 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 8 | #9,487 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #9,389 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,634 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,931 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,565 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,387 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,639 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 5 | #14,047 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #8,158 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 8 | #9,570 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,811 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 11 | #7,002 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,876 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,808 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #8,273 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 15 | #5,077 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,987 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,250 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #8,255 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,622 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,556 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,453 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 16 | #4,045 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,682 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,569 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,592 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,598 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,412 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,572 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,806 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,412 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,211 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,510 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,391 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,400 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,978 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,796 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,896 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,051 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,792 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,871 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,822 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,540 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,863 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,433 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,540 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 38 | #1,297 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,336 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,148 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 57 | #967 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,375 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,108 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,064 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,334 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,031 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,094 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 63 | #971 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 60 | #992 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,293 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,078 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 75 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 76 | #830 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 68 | #871 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 62 | #900 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,035 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 91 | #719 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 72 | #812 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 53 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 61 | #895 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 87 | #698 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 64 | #773 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 68 | #760 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 62 | #844 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 70 | #775 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 61 | #814 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 68 | #747 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 69 | #724 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 71 | #728 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 82 | #658 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 60 | #794 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 55 | #849 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 62 | #790 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 78 | #667 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 54 | #873 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 68 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 77 | #717 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 60 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 74 | #749 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 54 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 68 | #799 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 78 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 76 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 90 | #681 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 92 | #677 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 83 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 73 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 68 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 65 | #814 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 71 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 80 | #661 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 77 | #665 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 48 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 51 | #627 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 34 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,268 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 15 | #814 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 13 | #833 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,343 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,182 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,095 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,069 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,366 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 15 | #591 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,278 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,175 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,034 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 7 | #961 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Reynold a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Reynold has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 128 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Reynold: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Reynold, and how old are they?
1,990 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 4,672 Americans ever recorded as Reynold. The median Reynold alive today is 61 years old; half are between 42 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 3,025 people named Reynold (13 women and girls, 3,012 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,280 born in the U.S. The Census count is 33% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 231 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 741 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 438 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 296 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 172 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 114 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Reynold born?
The states with the most babies named Reynold are New York, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, with 58% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 341 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 310 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Minnesota | 209 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| California | 144 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 91 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 72 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Hawaii | 71 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| Wisconsin | 50 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Maine | 48 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 37 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Reynold is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Reynold is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Reynold with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 6,890 babies since 1880, Reynold is the most given (68% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Reynold
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Reynold and names like it
- Compare Reynold and ReinholdBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sReynold peaked in 1922.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Reynold since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Reynold: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Reynold.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Reynold alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.