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Reinhart vs Reinhold

American parents have registered 1,431 Reinholds since 1880, against 207 Reinharts. But in 2025 it was Reinhart that was commoner, 5 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Reinhart against Reinhold, 1880 to 2025 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Reinhart Reinhold

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 86 years in which either name was published, Reinhold for 82 years and Reinhart for 4 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Side by side

  Reinhart Reinhold
Total US births 2071,431
Most in one year 1572
Babies in 2025 5under 5
Estimated living today 20180
Median age today 571
Peak year 19241917
Best rank 2,132nd boys723rd boys
Rank in 2025 12,008thunranked
First recorded 19071882
Girls / boys 0 / 2070 / 1,431

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Reinholds alive today are over 71; half the Reinharts are over 5. That is 66 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Reinhart and Reinhold.