Masculine dossier · first seen 1888

Reynolds

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Reynolds
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1923

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1888Peak 19232024

Peak year

1923

Decline from peak

37.5%

2024

All-time

1,656

Reynolds has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1923, when 32 boys were named Reynolds.

In 2024, only 20 boys were given the name.

Down 37.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,656 Americans have been named Reynolds and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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