# Reign (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/reign/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,991 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,002 / 7,989 (67% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,522, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 71 | 2,548 |
| 2012 | 68 | 2,649 |
| 2013 | 97 | 2,015 |
| 2014 | 134 | 1,612 |
| 2015 | 232 | 1,113 |
| 2016 | 345 | 833 |
| 2017 | 409 | 705 |
| 2018 | 594 | 529 |
| 2019 | 792 | 389 |
| 2020 | 871 | 357 |
| 2021 | 891 | 349 |
| 2022 | 868 | 366 |
| 2023 | 743 | 413 |
| 2024 | 714 | 434 |
| 2025 | 682 | 452 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,767 |
| 2012 | 44 | 2,756 |
| 2013 | 25 | 4,034 |
| 2014 | 47 | 2,612 |
| 2015 | 123 | 1,402 |
| 2016 | 158 | 1,201 |
| 2017 | 215 | 967 |
| 2018 | 219 | 951 |
| 2019 | 310 | 767 |
| 2020 | 419 | 640 |
| 2021 | 459 | 605 |
| 2022 | 429 | 643 |
| 2023 | 450 | 625 |
| 2024 | 455 | 623 |
| 2025 | 333 | 772 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 36 | 990 |
| 2019 | 42 | 864 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 51 | 734 |
| 2022 | 66 | 586 |
| 2023 | 61 | 617 |
| 2024 | 52 | 722 |
| 2025 | 50 | 733 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 49 | 709 |
| 2018 | 76 | 511 |
| 2019 | 89 | 454 |
| 2020 | 123 | 356 |
| 2021 | 138 | 330 |
| 2022 | 120 | 353 |
| 2023 | 135 | 325 |
| 2024 | 153 | 294 |
| 2025 | 114 | 367 |

## 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.