The Reagan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,491 people carried this name — #2,207 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 15,673 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Reagan surname
A surname from Irish; variant forms Regan, Riggen.
Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Riagáin (“descendant of Riagán”), a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach (“impulsive, furious”), an alternative form of ríogach.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Reagan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
Reagan in American newspapers,
1878–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,569 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Reagan in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.
4,759 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Reagan. The most, 4,002, date from the 1980s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.5 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Reagan.
Who carried it
People named Reagan,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Henninger Reagan 1818–1905 · judge -
Jack Reagan 1883–1941 · politician -
Nelle Wilson Reagan 1883–1962 -
Jimmy Reagan 1891–1975 · boxer -
Neil Reagan 1908–1996 · television director
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 67 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Reagan,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States1,579 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 593
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 424
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 235
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 151
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 114
- Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 26
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 7
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Thomas W. ReaganBorn 1931; from Dade County, Florida. U.S. Army, pioneer; declared dead 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Frank A. ReaganBorn 1912 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Fort George G Meade, Maryland; warehouseman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1965, buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Nellie ReaganArrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 23; servant. From Kerry, Ireland; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 1,579 records for Reagan in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia23 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
- Queensland State Archives indexes 5
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
- Tasmanian Names Index 2
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Mary ReaganTransported to New South Wales aboard the Pyramus, arriving 1832.
Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record Thomas ReaganCrew member aboard the Saldanha, arriving in Queensland in 1861.
Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Francis ReaganFormer carpenter of Carlton, Victoria; died 1912.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 23 records for Reagan in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Canada5 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
- City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Elaine Winnifred ReaganDied 2001, aged 58; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record John William ReaganDied 1973; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Annie B. ReaganDied 1867 in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
Showing 3 of 5 records for Reagan in Canada.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reagan.
- Razo 12,125 · U.S. census
- Razon 1,080 · U.S. census
- Re 2,214 · U.S. census
- Rea 14,819 · U.S. census
- Read 17,048 · U.S. census
- Ready 4,875 · U.S. census
- Real 6,959 · U.S. census
- Reale 3,012 · U.S. census
- Reali 610 · U.S. census
- Realini 103 · U.S. census
- Ream 6,222 · U.S. census
- Reams 5,118 · U.S. census
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