Reign
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- RAYN
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #368 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #451 for girls
Unisex
Reign is a name of English origin, meaning “royal rule”. In 2025 it ranked 368th for boys in the UK (129 babies) and 451st for girls in the US (682 babies).
What does Reign mean?
English: English word, from Latin regnum
“royal rule”
A modern word name from 'reign', the period of a monarch's rule; it sounds the same as Rain and Rayne.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Reign a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Reign has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls and 129 boys in the UK and 682 girls and 333 boys in the US.
How popular is Reign in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #368among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 129about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 129 boys in the UK were named Reign, making it the 368th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 391st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 163 boys. 54 girls were also named Reign in 2025 (741st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Reign in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 188 boys in the UK were given Reign or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #282, up from #368 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 30% of the babies named Reign in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 367th in England and Wales, 333rd in Scotland and 314th in Northern Ireland.
Reign in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #368 |
| 2024 | 163 | #305 |
| 2023 | 148 | #332 |
| 2022 | 125 | #376 |
| 2021 | 142 | #357 |
| 2020 | 127 | #391 |
| 2019 | 92 | #490 |
| 2018 | 77 | #559 |
| 2017 | 54 | #717 |
| 2016 | 40 | #863 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
How popular is Reign in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #451among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 682about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 682 girls in the US were named Reign, making it the 451st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 356th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 891 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996. 333 boys were also named Reign in 2025 (769th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Reign than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Reign in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,374 girls in the US were given Reign or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #254, up from #451 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 67% of the babies named Reign in the US were girls.
Reign in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 682 | #451 |
| 2024 | 714 | #433 |
| 2023 | 743 | #413 |
| 2022 | 868 | #366 |
| 2021 | 891 | #349 |
| 2020 | 871 | #356 |
| 2019 | 792 | #389 |
| 2018 | 594 | #527 |
| 2017 | 409 | #705 |
| 2016 | 345 | #831 |
| 2015 | 232 | #1,112 |
| 2014 | 134 | #1,602 |
| 2013 | 97 | #2,002 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,632 |
| 2011 | 71 | #2,533 |
| 2010 | 81 | #2,341 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,778 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,886 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Reign
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Rowan Kayden Lochlan Cassian Callan Brody Cove Flynn Cillian Kian
Other spellings of Reign
Names related to Reign
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reign: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reign, updated 20 October 2026.