The first name Reinhold
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male Also a surname
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Reinhold at birth, 1880–2025
In 1988, 7 boys born in the United States were named Reinhold, the 6,284th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1917, when 72 were.
1,431
babies named Reinhold since 1880
#6,284
rank in 1988
1917
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Reinhold
53 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Friedrich Reinhold KreutzwaldEstonian writer, author of the national epic Kalevipoeg (1803–1882)
- Reinhold NiebuhrAmerican Protestant theologian (1892–1971)
- Johann Reinhold ForsterGerman naturalist (1729–1798)
- Reinhold MitterlehnerAustrian politician, born 1955
- Reinhold SchünzelActor and director (1888-1954)
- Gottfried Reinhold TreviranusGerman biologist (1776-1837)
- Reinhold MackGerman music producer and audio engineer (born 1949)
- Reinhold MünzenbergGerman footballer (1909-1986)
- Reinhold EwaldGerman astronaut, born 1956
- Johann Reinhold von PatkulBaltic German nobleman and politician (1660–1707)
- Reinhold DurnthalerAustrian bobsledder (1942-2017)
- Reinhold HintermaierAustrian footballer, born 1956
Questions
- Is Reinhold a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 1,431 US babies named Reinhold since 1880 were boys.
- When was Reinhold most popular?
- 1917 in the United States, when 72 babies were named Reinhold, its highest rank at 737th.
- Is Reinhold also a surname?
- Yes. Reinhold is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.