girls:
107 births since 2011
#5609 (2nd percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1888
#3050 (33rd percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1888
#6008 (22nd percentile)
The name Reynolds is the #6,008 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,743 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 22.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,050 (33.5% percentile) for all time with 1,636 births since 1888. For girls, it ranks #5,609 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 107 births since 2011.
Reynolds first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 2011 for girls). Birth data for Reynolds is available in 114 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (114 years for boys and 12 years for girls). 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 Reynolds has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 62.5% of babies named Reynolds were boys.
For boys, Reynolds reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #476) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 61 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Reynolds ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 18.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Reynolds reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #936) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Reynolds ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 89.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Reynolds".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Reynolds. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.5% confident that Reynolds is pronounced as REH-nuhldz, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAY-nuhldz, at 27.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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