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How popular is the name Reg?
Births per year, rank history and how many Regs are alive today.
Reg (male) is a shortened form of the name Reginald. Although Reg itself was given to 4 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 4275th as a registered name), most Regs are registered as Reginald, which ranked 228th in 2025 with 217 babies.
Most people called Reg are registered as Reginald, and share that name's profile: the Reginald you are most likely to meet is around 86 years old - or else around 5: the name has two living generations. Half of all Reginalds born in England and Wales are between 53 and 84, and there are at least 23,000 of them alive today. Only some Reginalds go by Reg.
How many babies are named Reg or Reginald each year?
Combined registrations of Reginald, Reg. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Reginald rank as a registered name?
Where does Reg rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Reg short for Reginald?
Yes - Reg is a shortened form of Reginald. Regs are usually registered as Reginald at birth.
When was the name Reg most popular?
The full name Reginald peaked in 1904, when around 7,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Reg itself peaked as a registered name in 2006, with 5 babies.
How many people are called Reg?
There's no official count of people who go by Reg, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 23,000 people registered as Reginald born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Reg.
How old is the typical Reg?
Most people called Reg are registered as Reginald. Most living Reginalds are between 53 and 84; the most common age is about 86. There is a second cluster around 5.
Is Reg becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.