# Reagan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reagan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “descendant of riagán”, “impulsive”, “furious” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹeɪ.ɡən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 73,580 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,841 / 65,739 (89% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,826, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Riagáin (“descendant of Riagán”), a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach (“impulsive, furious”), an alternative form of ríogach.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,611 | 122 |
| 2012 | 3,088 | 97 |
| 2013 | 3,040 | 104 |
| 2014 | 2,903 | 106 |
| 2015 | 3,061 | 99 |
| 2016 | 3,097 | 98 |
| 2017 | 3,005 | 98 |
| 2018 | 2,820 | 107 |
| 2019 | 2,754 | 102 |
| 2020 | 2,373 | 114 |
| 2021 | 2,242 | 126 |
| 2022 | 1,988 | 147 |
| 2023 | 1,728 | 168 |
| 2024 | 1,297 | 244 |
| 2025 | 1,244 | 248 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 232 | 891 |
| 2012 | 234 | 895 |
| 2013 | 209 | 960 |
| 2014 | 206 | 1,001 |
| 2015 | 207 | 995 |
| 2016 | 204 | 1,004 |
| 2017 | 213 | 973 |
| 2018 | 202 | 1,021 |
| 2019 | 196 | 1,050 |
| 2020 | 160 | 1,198 |
| 2021 | 166 | 1,186 |
| 2022 | 145 | 1,306 |
| 2023 | 115 | 1,535 |
| 2024 | 110 | 1,580 |
| 2025 | 98 | 1,687 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,729 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 621 |
| 2012 | 57 | 619 |
| 2013 | 68 | 538 |
| 2014 | 61 | 583 |
| 2015 | 70 | 543 |
| 2016 | 69 | 554 |
| 2017 | 61 | 600 |
| 2018 | 59 | 610 |
| 2019 | 58 | 622 |
| 2020 | 39 | 796 |
| 2021 | 40 | 805 |
| 2022 | 45 | 731 |
| 2023 | 40 | 814 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: رَيْغَان, رَيْجَان
- Bulgarian: Ре́йгън
- Chinese: 里根, 雷根, 列根
- Italian: Reagan
- Japanese: レーガン
- Korean: 레이건
- Polish: Reagan
- Portuguese: Reagan
- Russian: Ре́йган
- Spanish: Reagan

## People named Reagan

- Reagan Gomez-Preston, American actress
- Reagan Pasternak, Canadian actress
- Reagan Wilson, American model and actress (1947–2026)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.