Reynolds
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- REN-uldz
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Reynolds is a name of English origin, meaning “son of Reynold”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Reynolds mean?
English: patronymic surname from Reynold, of Germanic origin
“son of Reynold”
Sir Joshua Reynolds was a leading 18th-century English portrait painter and the first president of the Royal Academy.
Is Reynolds a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Reynolds has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Reynolds in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Reynolds, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1923, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888. 8 girls were also named Reynolds in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Reynolds in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 43% of the babies named Reynolds in the US were girls.
Reynolds in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,682 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,528 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,334 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,446 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,357 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,275 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,238 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,146 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
Names like Reynolds
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Warren, Royal, Harlan, Roland, Franklin, Hollis, Leland, Forrest, Francis, Louis, Leon, Ellis
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Reynolds: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reynolds, updated 20 October 2026.