Regan

#2,276 for girls in 2025, 80 births · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to girls 81.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
2001 · 747 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,307
since 1946

Regan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #391, 2001peak #815, 1964girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,27680#5,39917
2024#2,34778#3,98627
2023#2,35277#3,71230
2022#1,720121#4,57022
2021#1,739118#3,74029
2020#1,721117#3,73428
2019#1,490147#3,25935
2018#1,399160#3,10637
2017#1,251189#2,31956
2016#1,164216#2,66146
2015#1,018262#2,48650
2014#1,074238#2,42952
2013#877294#2,62345
2012#823327#2,23858
2011#931277#2,14561
2010#722390#2,35454
2009#724401#2,20360
2008#688441#1,94873
2007#548558#1,79581
2006#568518#2,12661
2005#467653#2,11458
2004#420726#1,91164
2003#448669#2,05555
2002#397737#1,85161
2001#391747#1,77763
2000#469592#1,51479
1999#440611#1,73359
1998#431615#1,76857
1997#449564#1,43875
1996#490487#1,72554
1995#578397#1,70652
1994#612365#1,42168
1993#738285#1,46064
1992#892220#1,91442
1991#934205#1,67749
1990#1,080163#1,63550
1989#1,187137#1,70545
1988#1,261116#1,87935
1987#1,38797#1,70939
1986#1,314101#2,36023
1985#1,287104#1,79433
1984#1,137120#1,84230
1983#1,35888#1,86429
1982#1,46182#1,77432
1981#991147#1,60237
1980#650281#1,01080
1979#759212#93089
1978#791189#97778
1977#774195#1,15857
1976#823169#1,23849
1975#679220#93876
1974#751188#1,40937
1973#1,058109#1,25343
1972#1,38072#1,60329
1971#2,24735#1,59730
1970#2,20336#1,52331
1969#2,00339#1,28038
1968#2,20530#1,50627
1967#1,78342#1,18140
1966#1,63247#83576
1965#1,65546#84775
1964#1,61050#81585
1963#1,73844#97160
1962#2,11331#1,03854
1961#3,06017#91569
1960#3,51213#99659
1959#2,67819#1,30236
1958#2,97216#1,44629
1957#2,92616#1,67323
1956#2,24924#1,25737
1955#2,47220#1,50326
1954#2,88915#1,40829
1953#3,10613#1,17040
1952#2,58117#1,37830
1951#3,48210#1,29532
1950#2,90913#1,34029
1949#2,85013#1,40927
1948#2,82813#1,75818
1947#3,44810#1,69620
1946#4,4176#2,6908
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five girls were named Regan! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Regan is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedMINew York: #1,377 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,139 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,176 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 19,097 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Regan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#1,176 · 1 in 19,097
  2. New York#1,377 · 1 in 32,139

Best ever in a state: #90 in South Dakota, 2002.

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New York#1,37751 in 32,139
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Regan
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#2,347 → #2,276)
  • 555 spots since 2020 (#1,721 → #2,276)
  • 1,258 spots since 2015 (#1,018 → #2,276)
  • Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1974 (#1,058 → #751)
  • Biggest drop: 470 spots in 1982 (#991 → #1,461)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 2001 at #391 (747 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1991–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,410
  • Highest: 1 in 2,410 girls born in 2001 were named Regan (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,091 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 37.1% of all girls named Regan (6,042) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1967
  • Mostly boys until 1966, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s42#2,828 (1948)#3,386
1950s163#2,249 (1956)#2,826
1960s359#1,610 (1964)#2,131
1970s1,425#679 (1975)#1,147
1980s1,273#650 (1980)#1,203
1990s3,912#431 (1998)#664
2000s6,042#391 (2001)#512
2010s2,500#722 (2010)#1,075
2020s591#1,720 (2022)#2,026

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Regan in 1964

girls
#1,610
50 births · 1 in 37,897 girls
boys
#815
85 births · 1 in 23,444 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #1,610Regan50

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #815Regan85
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 37,897 of them was named Regan, which outranked 79.4% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Regan
  1. #1,593Shara51
  2. #1,593Sherron51
  3. #1,593Tanna51
  4. #1,610Regan50
  5. #1,610Bari50
  6. #1,610Bev50
  7. #1,610Bonni50
  8. #1,635Alaina49
  9. #1,635Chana49
  10. #1,635Dann49

Tied with 24 names at #1,610; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 23,444 of them was named Regan, which outranked 82.3% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Regan
  1. #812Alexis86
  2. #812Baron86
  3. #812Moises86
  4. #815Regan85
  5. #815Bruno85
  6. #815Carson85
  7. #815Cruz85
  8. #823Andra84
  9. #823Barron84
  10. #823Berry84

Tied with 7 names at #815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964 →