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Reggie

Recorded 1906–2025 · United States

Reggie was most popular in 1979, when 318 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,024 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,600, with 97 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 12,827 people named Reggie.

Most popular in1979
Rank that year#1,024
Births that year318
Total since 188012,827
Given to96% boys
Alive today~10,000
Median age48

Reggie over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Reggie’s peak in 1979. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Reggie?

Reggie first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1906, which makes it about 119 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 117 of the 120 years since.

How many people are named Reggie?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 12,827 American births named Reggie between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 10,383 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Reggie in 2025?

97 American babies were named Reggie in 2025, ranking #3,600 that year.

Is Reggie getting more or less popular?

Reggie is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 98 births a year, against 68 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +45% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Reggie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Reggie is a boy’s name — 4.3% of the 12,827 Americans given it were girls and 95.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 13% girls and 87% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Reggie?

Roughly 10,383 Americans named Reggie are alive today — 81% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 48 years old, and half are between 31 and 63. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Names that peaked alongside Reggie

Where Reggie is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org