Reynolds
Reynolds is given to both girls and boys: 8 girls and 18 boys were given it in 2025 (#11,713 among girls’ names and #5,347 among boys’, #8,788 among all names counting both); 1,805 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Reynolds by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Reynolds?
#5,347 among boys’ names, 2025
Reynolds rose from #7,911 in 2015 to #5,347 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 5.2 to 10.5 per million.
37 babies in 2024, the peak
Reynolds peaked in 2024, when 37 babies were given it (21 boys, #4,837 among boys’ names). The 26 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 70% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,347 | 10.5 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,837 | 12.2 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,021 | 11.7 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,384 | 10.3 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,270 | 8.0 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,546 | 7.5 |
| 2019 | 15 | #6,036 | 8.4 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,261 | 7.7 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,723 | 8.6 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,499 | 9.0 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #7,911 | 5.2 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,441 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,470 | 4.2 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,722 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 7 | #10,533 | 3.7 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,466 | 5.7 |
| 2009 | 7 | #10,719 | 3.5 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,996 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 5 | #13,956 | 2.4 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,377 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 9 | #8,154 | 4.5 |
| 2004 | 9 | #8,029 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,385 | 4.6 |
| 2000 | 5 | #11,748 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,718 | 4.2 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,572 | 5.8 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,785 | 3.7 |
| 1995 | 6 | #8,645 | 3.2 |
| 1994 | 7 | #7,583 | 3.6 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,687 | 4.1 |
| 1992 | 6 | #8,233 | 3.0 |
| 1991 | 8 | #6,387 | 4.0 |
| 1990 | 7 | #7,001 | 3.4 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,946 | 2.5 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,391 | 5.7 |
| 1987 | 11 | #4,175 | 5.9 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,229 | 4.3 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,986 | 6.0 |
| 1984 | 6 | #6,162 | 3.3 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,417 | 5.0 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,489 | 3.9 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,848 | 4.5 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,753 | 4.6 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,343 | 7.3 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,808 | 4.5 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,387 | 7.0 |
| 1974 | 8 | #4,101 | 5.1 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,952 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,888 | 4.9 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,101 | 6.2 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,712 | 7.0 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,263 | 5.0 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,170 | 8.6 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,577 | 6.3 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,193 | 7.8 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,247 | 7.5 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,807 | 5.0 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,883 | 9.4 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,098 | 7.7 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,391 | 6.1 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,185 | 7.0 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,791 | 9.8 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,475 | 5.7 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,171 | 7.0 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,150 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,671 | 10.7 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,695 | 10.3 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,879 | 9.1 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,606 | 11.8 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,721 | 10.6 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,093 | 7.8 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,099 | 7.9 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,806 | 10.3 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,146 | 7.7 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,497 | 14.2 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,291 | 20.1 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,963 | 10.3 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,568 | 14.7 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,355 | 19.5 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,477 | 17.9 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,673 | 15.5 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,946 | 12.6 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,551 | 18.0 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,621 | 17.8 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,714 | 16.4 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,322 | 25.9 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,380 | 24.2 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,493 | 22.2 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,170 | 12.5 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,631 | 19.2 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,052 | 13.7 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,987 | 14.9 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,813 | 17.2 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,506 | 23.1 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,773 | 18.0 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,526 | 22.4 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,482 | 23.8 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,292 | 29.2 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,872 | 17.5 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,579 | 21.8 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,733 | 19.7 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,830 | 10.2 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,890 | 17.8 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,257 | 32.4 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,199 | 34.8 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,364 | 29.5 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,092 | 42.8 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,170 | 39.0 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,335 | 32.6 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,944 | 22.1 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,643 | 30.5 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,507 | 34.1 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,105 | 50.3 |
| 1901 | 7 | #926 | 65.7 |
| 1895 | 7 | #962 | 59.6 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,153 | 41.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Reynolds a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,805 Americans recorded as Reynolds, 7% are girls and 93% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Reynolds: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Reynolds, and how old are they?
An estimated 970 Americans named Reynolds and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 10 and 65. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,153 people named Reynolds (175 women and girls, 978 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 910 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% 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.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Reynolds
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 Reynolds and names like it
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