Reg

Boy · recorded 1936–1979

  • 1979last recorded
  • 1941best year

Most popular in 1941.

Last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1936

04819361947195819681979

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 26 recorded years as a table
Reg, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19366
19375
19395
19418
19426
19437
19444
19467
19475
19487
19493
19524
19534
19552
19564
19575
19588
19595
19605
19613
19623
19644
19653
19663
19684
19793

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Reg isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1979
5
Rank in 1979
#6,056
How rare
1 in 344,307 boys
Since 1936
209

Reg was last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1941, at 8 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Reg doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.