Girl & boy name
Reign
Reign holds the #451 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 682 newborn girls in a single year. The name has been cooling off, slipping from #356 in 2020 to #451 today. Its strongest year on record was 2021 (#349 nationally, 891 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1996. The name's biggest fan base is in Mississippi (#133 there in 2025).
Rankings
Reign popularity, 1880–2025
Where Reign is most popular
Uniqueness score
A familiar pick that most people will recognize instantly. Based on how many babies per birth were named Reign in the most recent year of SSA data.
Reign as a boy name
Reign is currently the #769 boy name in the United States, based on 2025 Social Security data. In raw numbers: 333 babies. It has drifted down the charts over the past five years, from #638 to #769. Looking at the full record since 1994, Reign hit its all-time high of #605 in 2021, when 459 boys were given the name. State by state, Hawaii leads the way at #180.