Reg
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REJ
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Reg is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel + rule”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Reg mean?
Germanic: short form of Reginald
“counsel + rule”
Short form of Reginald, a Latinised form of the Germanic name Reynold.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Reg a girl's or a boy's name?
Reg is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reg in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Reg, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Reg than any year since 2016.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Reg in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
Names like Reg
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Conn, Rogan, Connla, Osian, Caoimhin, Ruan, Cuan, Dougie, Fenn, Regan, Finnbar, Ray
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reg: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reg, updated 20 October 2026.