girls:
6.6k births since 1996
#2025 (65th percentile)
boys:
3.2k births since 1994
#2206 (52nd percentile)
overall:
9.8k births since 1994
#2704 (65th percentile)
The name Reign is the #2,704 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,787 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 65.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,025 (64.6% percentile) for all time with 6,582 births since 1996. For boys, it ranks #2,206 (51.9% percentile) for all time with 3,205 births since 1994.
Reign first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Reign is available in 29 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (28 years for girls and 27 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Reign has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 62.3% of babies named Reign were girls. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1994 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (67.3% girls from 1996 to 2023).
For girls, Reign reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 66.3% percentile (ranked #316) with 496 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 496 births per million (ranked 66.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Reign ranks #383 for girls (59.6% percentile) with 422 births per million, which is 85.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Reign reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 43.5% percentile (ranked #526) with 245 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 245 births per million (ranked 43.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Reign is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #525 (42.4% percentile) with 245 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Reign".
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