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Reginal

Boy · REJ-ih-nal · Germanic

Reginal is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel ruler”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Reginal mean?

Germanic: variant of Reginald

“counsel ruler”

A variant of Reginald, from the Germanic elements ragin, 'counsel', and wald, 'rule'.

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Is Reginal a girl's or a boy's name?

Reginal is a boys' name.

How popular is Reginal in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 92 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.

Half of all the boys named Reginal in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.

1914Busiest: 92 in 19702024
Reginal in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20245#12,341
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20197#9,750
20180–
20179#8,136
20160–
20150–
20140–
20137#9,650
201211#7,044
20116#10,801
201010#7,585
200910#7,687
20087#9,864
200712#6,618
200613#6,090
200512#6,220
200413#5,807
200317#4,611
200219#4,182
200123#3,612
200018#4,198
199917#4,157
199819#3,704
199720#3,450
199620#3,400
199514#4,274
199425#2,842
199318#3,495
199225#2,741
199125#2,677
199035#2,081
198942#1,788
198826#2,300
198732#1,934
198638#1,661
198534#1,763
198433#1,722
198332#1,747
198243#1,463
198156#1,225
198043#1,449
197950#1,304
197851#1,258
197752#1,221
197658#1,111
197543#1,322
197466#1,007
197360#1,045
197265#1,000
197169#979
197092#839
196971#903
196865#893
196767#875
196657#961
196558#967
196441#1,198
196348#1,099
196235#1,310
196152#1,077
196050#1,097
195941#1,211
195840#1,221
195746#1,129
195641#1,192
195536#1,254
195434#1,291
195339#1,188
195225#1,516
195134#1,260
195021#1,614
194913#2,122
194813#2,114
194717#1,849
19468#2,689
19457#2,742
194411#2,194
194313#2,073
19429#2,522
19418#2,655
194011#2,179
19390–
193810#2,326
19370–
19368#2,628
19355#3,644
19345#3,677
19338#2,737
19329#2,638
19318#2,863
19307#3,287
19297#3,245
192814#2,162
19278#3,150
192610#2,723
192510#2,753
19247#3,504
19238#3,173
19229#3,013
19217#3,516
192010#2,764
191910#2,664
19185#4,178
19176#3,543
19160–
19150–
19145#3,263

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