Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Reagan

Gender

Male

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Son Of The Small Ruler
Irish
Little ruler

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Reagan

Pronunciation

re(a)-gan

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2004 (rank #596, 366 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1677, 98 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #98, 3,096 births); most recent 2025 (rank #248, 1,244 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025981,244
20241101,292
20231151,727
20221451,988
20211662,242
20201602,371
20191962,753
20182022,819
20172133,005
20162043,096

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #468, 77 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1124, 26 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #1367, 23 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3332, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025267
2024273
2023407
20224514
2021408
20203915
20195819
20185918
20176115
20166919

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #3386, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20226
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #634, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #700, 4 births); most recent 2024 (rank #869, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
20253–
2024–3
20233–
20224–
20213–
2020––
2019–4
2018–3
201744
2016–4

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 1998 (rank #213, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #495, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #337, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #630, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
20256–
2024––
202334
2022––
20215–
2020–3
201933
2018105
201744
201637

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #267, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #395, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #361, 4 births); most recent 2024 (rank #407, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoysGirls
20253–
2024–3
2023––
2022––
2021––
20203–
2019––
201844
2017––
20164–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #557, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #546, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––
2015––
2014––

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence