Reinaldo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-NAHL-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Reinaldo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Reinaldo mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Portuguese form of Reynold (Reginald)
“counsel ruler”
Rinaldo, the Italian equivalent, is a heroic knight in the epic poems of Ariosto and Tasso.
Is Reinaldo a girl's or a boy's name?
Reinaldo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reinaldo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Reinaldo, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1963, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Reinaldo in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 116 boys in the US were given Reinaldo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,362, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
- Reynaldo 102
- Reinaldo 14
Reinaldo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,273 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,123 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 54 | #1,661 |
| 1994 | 53 | #1,684 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,870 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,354 |
| 1991 | 64 | #1,416 |
| 1990 | 60 | #1,447 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,344 |
| 1988 | 74 | #1,170 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,174 |
| 1986 | 74 | #1,087 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,065 |
| 1984 | 71 | #1,059 |
| 1983 | 88 | #942 |
| 1982 | 83 | #991 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,084 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,055 |
| 1979 | 77 | #1,011 |
| 1978 | 77 | #983 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,036 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,042 |
| 1974 | 84 | #882 |
| 1973 | 66 | #992 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,120 |
| 1971 | 81 | #904 |
| 1970 | 71 | #951 |
| 1969 | 76 | #877 |
| 1968 | 67 | #877 |
| 1967 | 64 | #900 |
| 1966 | 76 | #835 |
| 1965 | 74 | #854 |
| 1964 | 78 | #860 |
| 1963 | 88 | #807 |
| 1962 | 78 | #855 |
| 1961 | 61 | #989 |
| 1960 | 75 | #875 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,155 |
| 1958 | 60 | #977 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,074 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,212 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,356 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Nicknames for Reinaldo
- Rey 11 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Reinaldo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ricardo Rodrigo Roberto Armando Alvaro Rolando Fernando Gerardo Alberto Eduardo Rodolfo Marco
Other spellings of Reinaldo
Names related to Reinaldo
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Reinaldo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reinaldo, updated 20 October 2026.