Reynolds
#5,347 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Reynolds has been given to 1,805 babies in the U.S. since 1888. In 2025 it ranked #5,347 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1923, with 32 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.
Babies named Reynolds, 2025
1 in 184,000
Reynolds over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Reynolds over time
In 2025, Reynolds went to 31% girls and 69% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Reynolds?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 184,000
- 18 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 94,900
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #5,347
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 127,662 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Reynolds sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Reynolds. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Reynoldss were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Reynolds was born before 1950 — so the typical Reynolds is around 75 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 13.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 17.3%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 839
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 13.7% of all recorded uses (229).
Is Reynolds rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −510
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,199
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,564
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.80×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 56.3%
- Peak was 1923 (32)
- Years since peak
- 102
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 35.7% average annual change
Spellings of Reynolds
Reynolds is not the most common spelling — Reynaldo is, with 74.7% against Reynolds's 6.1%.
Where Reynolds is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Reynolds was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 944,191 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 in —
- 2New York1 in —
- 3Pennsylvania1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Reynolds has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Reynolds is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Reynolds was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 905,058 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Reynolds has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Reynolds by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Reynolds
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Reynolds
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.