Reynolds
Reynolds was the 5349th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1901, when it ranked 927th; the most babies were born in 1923 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,567 places. More babies were named Reynolds in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,349 boys, up 1,201 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 18boys
- Girls and boys
- 37% girls, 63% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192332 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,805babies recorded
Reynolds popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,717 | #5,349 | 8 | 18 |
| 2020 | #14,756 | #6,550 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | — | #7,472 | — | 11 |
| 2000 | — | #11,756 | — | 5 |
| 1990 | — | #7,008 | — | 7 |
| 1980 | — | #4,850 | — | 8 |
| 1970 | — | #2,713 | — | 13 |
| 1960 | — | #2,186 | — | 15 |
| 1950 | — | #2,094 | — | 14 |
| 1940 | — | #1,673 | — | 18 |
| 1930 | — | #2,052 | — | 15 |
| 1920 | — | #1,733 | — | 21 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Reynolds, counting every spelling?
Reynolds has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Reynolds?
18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Reynolds (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Reynolds born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Reynolds.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Reynolds?
About 800 people born in the US named Reynolds are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 16 and 68. That makes Reynolds mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Reynolds: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Reynolds, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Reynolds
How popular is the name Reynolds?
Reynolds was the 5349th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1901, when it ranked 927th; the most babies were born in 1923 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,567 places. More babies were named Reynolds in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Reynolds a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 37% girls, 63% boys given the name Reynolds in the US.