Reagan Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Girl Names Like Reagan

Reagan Name Origin: Irish
Pronunciation: ray-g(en)
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Reagan Name Meaning

An Irish name derived from O’Riagain, Reagan can be traced back to a term referring to a king’s child. This posh name root is undoubtedly fantastic, giving her a hidden air of royalty.

Reagan is an obvious presidential pick, on-par with Madison, Kennedy, and Mckinley. She borrows a powerful vibe and stately feel from the association, yet retains her own modern styling. Outside of the White House, she’s also appeared in Hollywood on the female front as actresses Reagan Gomez-Preston and Reagan Dale Neis have brought her attention.

In step with many of today’s trends like surnames and unisex picks, Reagan works well with Aubrey, Avery, and Harper yet isn’t nearly as common. She manages to be both trendy and established, weaving in and out of styles while remaining unique. She’s similar to yesterday’s favorite Meghan but has a contemporary side that edges out the former favorite.

While Reagan fits in many of the top styles, she is a stark contrast from others, ignoring the push towards frillier finds like Valentina and Gabriella to dance in her own spotlight. She’s delightful on a little girl and adult alike, walking a fine line between strong sound and femininity. She’s also relatively immune to nicknames, a perk to many parents. If you’d like a shortened version, there are Rae, Raea, and Gana.

Reagan Name Popularity

How popular is the name Reagan? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	0	0%
1911	—	0	0%
1912	—	0	0%
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1914	—	0	0%
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1930	—	0	0%
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1932	—	0	0%
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1964	2,029	7	0.0004%
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1967	—	0	0%
1968	—	0	0%
1969	—	0	0%
1970	—	0	0%
1971	2,759	5	0.0003%
1972	—	0	0%
1973	1,927	12	0.0009%
1974	1,378	32	0.0025%
1975	1,157	53	0.0041%
1976	1,179	52	0.004%
1977	997	84	0.0062%
1978	894	108	0.008%
1979	1,174	64	0.0045%
1980	991	95	0.0065%
1981	1,267	54	0.0037%
1982	2,048	16	0.0011%
1983	2,093	14	0.0009%
1984	1,921	19	0.0013%
1985	2,004	18	0.0012%
1986	1,905	22	0.0015%
1987	1,908	23	0.0015%
1988	1,668	34	0.0022%
1989	1,833	31	0.0019%
1990	1,626	47	0.0028%
1991	1,337	73	0.0045%
1992	1,229	94	0.0059%
1993	882	170	0.0109%
1994	697	252	0.0164%
1995	575	354	0.0235%
1996	445	529	0.0353%
1997	382	661	0.0447%
1998	331	858	0.0573%
1999	347	834	0.0557%
2000	285	1,106	0.0724%
2001	220	1,426	0.0946%
2002	202	1,590	0.1061%
2003	202	1,631	0.1072%
2004	143	2,254	0.1479%
2005	140	2,399	0.1569%
2006	155	2,224	0.142%
2007	158	2,248	0.1425%
2008	142	2,379	0.1539%
2009	128	2,520	0.1686%
2010	127	2,465	0.1711%
2011	119	2,604	0.1828%
2012	97	3,087	0.2166%
2013	104	3,033	0.213%
2014	106	2,888	0.1982%
2015	99	3,052	0.2098%
2016	97	3,082	0.2138%
2017	98	2,999	0.2149%
2018	106	2,794	0.2034%
2019	101	2,734	0.202%
2020	114	2,304	0.181%
2021	123	2,107	0.1724%
2022	147	1,956	0.1483%

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Names Like Reagan

If you like Reagan, you’ll love these other names like Reagan.

What names are diminutives of Reagan?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Reagan sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Reagan, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Rae	A diminutive or nickname for Rachel.	Hebrew
Ray		Hebrew

What names are variants of Reagan?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Reagan.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Raegan	Descedent of Riagán	Irish
Ragan		Gaelic
Reghan		Gaelic

What names sound like Reagan?

If you like how Reagan sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Reagan.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Meagan		Welsh
Meegan	Soft, gentle	Gaelic
Megan	Pearl	Welsh
Meggan		Welsh
Raelynn	Beam of light	American

What names are similar to Reagan?

Find a name that’s like Reagan, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Addison	Son of Adam	English
Emerson	Son of Emery	English
Finley	Fair warrior	Scottish
Jocelyn	Member of the Gauts	German

Kennedy	Helmeted head	Irish
Mackenzie	Son of Coinneach	Scottish
Madison	Son of Maud	English
Morgan	Circling sea	Welsh
Paisley	Church	Scottish
Riley	Rye clearing	Irish

Lists With Reagan

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Siblings of Reagan

Mamas with kids named Reagan also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Bella	Beautiful one	Italian
Blake	Black or pale	English
Allyson	Noble, exalted	German
Troy	Foot soldier	Irish
Jameson	Son of James	English
Rileigh	Courageous	Irish

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11 Comments

Amanda Oct 11 at 8:01 am

We were watching Blue Bloods when we had first gotten married and just really liked the name Reagan. While I was pregnant we also happened to see a clip from Ronald Reagan’s speech in Berlin following his assassination attempt. In the speech a balloon pops and he doesn’t miss a beat, just says “you missed me!” And this just felt exactly like her personality.

Her middle name is Carroll, this is the masculine spelling, but also my maiden name. I am and only child and my father is the last male in his family. So the name essentially “died” with my marriage, so to honor the amazing man who raised me and continue our surname, we used it as her middle name.

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Victoria Jan 29 at 7:42 am

It’s a strong name without sounding harsh. Plus, it’s an ode to one of our Nation’s best Presidents! Rea for short, our little Rea of sunshine ?

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Meghan Sep 17 at 11:10 pm

It was a more original name that fit her personality in every way

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Nicole Mar 30 at 4:47 pm

When I taught preschool there was a little girl in my class named Reagan. She was very sweet and bright. When I first met her I fell in love with her name. At that time I thought to myself “If I ever get the chance to have a little girl, I would want to name her Reagan.” It was different and at that time I had never heard the name “Reagan” used as a first name before. Fast forward 10 years, and after years of trying to have a baby, I was finally blessed with my little bundle of joy!

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Autym Jul 16 at 4:40 pm

I love it. It is a cute name that isn’t very popular

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Mama Madi Jul 16 at 12:13 pm

My husband and I were in search for a name for our baby girl… his great grandfather came from Ireland and my mother in law had just taken us there the year before… so we looked up “Irish Girl Names”! It took a while before we found Reagan but once we found it we knew it was the one!!! 🙂 we paired it with Grace for the middle name.

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- reagan Sep 12 at 10:12 pm
  
  Omg hello! i came across this researching my name and my full name is reagan grace smith which i love, but i’ve never met anyone named reagan or have the full name reagan grace!
  
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Nicole Mar 16 at 1:13 pm

Love that it’s different

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Becca Feb 4 at 1:35 am

My name starts with the letter “R” and for some reason wanted a girls name like that as well..Ive always wanted to use the name (Rianna) but since I had married my husband, his daughters name happens to be “Riley” and as soon as we started saying the name after finding out the sex of our daughter, instantly the two names were too close and people had to point that out to me instantly..so that scratched that name..and then I narrowed It between Roslynn and Reagan, I started to remember a girl I went to school with growing up, her name was Joslyn..but didnt want any reminders of her and school, so we scratched that and decided pretty quickly after finding out we were having a “Girl“. Also as it so happened to be it was my choice on the Girls name since my husband got to name out first borns name. Our baby Boy ” Tyler“.but it I could choose a Boy name it would of been between Braden and Jackson.

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Danielle Nov 23 at 7:05 pm

Reagan means “Little Ruler/Royalty” and our prayer is that she starts a relationship with God at a young age and becomes a child of the one true King!

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Kristen Jun 18 at 10:33 am

We wanted something to go with Margaret and that ended in N like all our names

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