Thirty years of Reggie
Reggie in numbers
Reggie has climbed from 16 boys in 1996 to 1,312 in 2025, close to its peak of 1,356 in 2018. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2014 and 2017, from 568 to 1,280. It ranked 898th in 1996 and reached 37th in 2025, its best place so far: fewer babies get the name than at its peak, but the names above it have fallen further. On average it was given to 19 boys a year in the late 1990s, 90 in the 2000s, 776 in the 2010s and 1,211 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
What the official statisticians said
“A potential reason for the rise in popularity of the name in 2024 could be “Reggie” a 2023 documentary film”
National Records of Scotland, on 2024 births in Scotland. Read the source
Quoted word for word from the official releases, including their own “may” and “could”. Baby Data has not added reasons of its own. Releases for Scotland and Northern Ireland are about babies there, not in England and Wales.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+10%1,194 to 1,312
- 5 years+6%1,237 to 1,312
- 10 years+85%708 to 1,312
- 20 years+1,093%110 to 1,312
- Since 1996×8216 to 1,312
- Total, 1996 to 202515,996boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 37 · ONS · 1,194 in 2024
Rank 75 · NRS · 57 in 2024
Rank 69 · NISRA · 15 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | 1,312 | +10% | 1 in 229 |
| 2024 | 43 | 1,194 | +11% | 1 in 255 |
| 2023 | 52 | 1,077 | -7% | 1 in 281 |
| 2022 | 49 | 1,159 | -10% | 1 in 268 |
| 2021 | 47 | 1,287 | +4% | 1 in 249 |
| 2020 | 48 | 1,237 | -4% | 1 in 254 |
| 2019 | 51 | 1,290 | -5% | 1 in 255 |
| 2018 | 45 | 1,356 | +6% | 1 in 249 |
| 2017 | 51 | 1,280 | +18% | 1 in 272 |
| 2016 * | =55 | 1,083 | +53% | 1 in 329 |
| 2015 | =91 | 708 | +25% | 1 in 506 |
| 2014 | 109 | 568 | +14% | 1 in 628 |
| 2013 | 121 | 497 | +25% | 1 in 721 |
| 2012 | 148 | 398 | +27% | 1 in 941 |
| 2011 | =178 | 313 | +19% | 1 in 1,185 |
| 2010 | 200 | 264 | +27% | 1 in 1,405 |
| 2009 | =216 | 208 | +39% | 1 in 1,741 |
| 2008 | 281 | 150 | +12% | 1 in 2,420 |
| 2007 | 290 | 134 | +6% | 1 in 2,645 |
| 2006 | =282 | 127 | +15% | 1 in 2,696 |
| 2005 | =292 | 110 | +96% | 1 in 3,005 |
| 2004 | =470 | 56 | +81% | 1 in 5,863 |
| 2003 | =695 | 31 | +11% | 1 in 10,271 |
| 2002 | =691 | 28 | +8% | 1 in 10,930 |
| 2001 | =686 | 26 | -10% | 1 in 11,716 |
| 2000 | =624 | 29 | +26% | 1 in 10,676 |
| 1999 | =718 | 23 | -8% | 1 in 13,880 |
| 1998 | =669 | 25 | +150% | 1 in 13,036 |
| 1997 | =1,257 | 10 | -38% | 1 in 32,956 |
| 1996 | =898 | 16 | 1 in 20,843 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
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