boy's name
Reggie
REJ-ee
- Origin Germanic
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 100 (E&W)
- Births on record 29,594
England and Wales
#37
2025 births
Reggie is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "ruler's counsel." It is a pet form of Reginald, from the elements ragin, counsel or advice, and wald, rule, and reached English through both Norse and Norman routes.
- Reggie is a name of Germanic origin.
- Peaked in England and Wales in 2018, when 1,356 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in England and Wales.
- Today about 1 in 402 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1996.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Reggie over time
Births per decade in England and Wales, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 74 |
| 2000s | 899 |
| 2010s | 7,761 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 7,269 |
What Reggie means
Reggie means counsel of the ruler, or one who advises with authority. Both elements concern governance — the first is judgement or counsel, the second the power to rule.
Where Reggie comes from
Reggie shortens Reginald, which has two parallel ancestors that met in England. The Old Norse Rögnvaldr, from regin, the gods or counsel, and valdr, ruler, arrived with Scandinavian settlement; the Germanic Raginald came separately with the Normans, who Latinised it as Reginaldus. The same root gives Ronald, which is why Reggie and Ronnie are cousins rather than variants. Reggie was a standard English familiar form by the Victorian period and gained a distinctly British cultural weight of its own in the twentieth century.
Reggie in use
Our data shows Reggie stable, peaking in 2018, at 37 in England and Wales against 1,860 in the United States. That fifty-fold gap is among the widest in our records — Reggie is close to a purely British name in current use.
How popular is Reggie?
In 2025, Reggie was given to 1,312 babies in England and Wales, ranking #37 that year. It is one of the most popular names in England and Wales.
Where Reggie is used
Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Reggie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Reggie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Reggie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Reggie
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Reggie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Dutch
- Reginald
Sibling names for Reggie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Reggie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Reggie
What does the name Reggie mean?
Reggie means "ruler's counsel," from the Germanic ragin, counsel, and wald, rule.
Is Reggie short for Reginald?
It began as one, and is now commonly registered on its own in Britain.
Are Reggie and Ronnie related names?
They share the ragin element but come from different second halves — Reginald and Ronald are cousins, not variants.
How popular is the name Reggie?
In 2025, Reggie was given to 1,312 babies in England and Wales, ranking #37 that year. It is one of the most popular names in England and Wales.
Is Reggie a girl's or a boy's name?
Reggie is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Reggie?
Reggie has 2 syllables.
When was Reggie most popular?
Reggie peaked in 2018, when 1,356 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Reggie?
Reggie is usually shortened to Reg.
Is Reggie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Reggie currently ranks #37 in England and Wales. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.