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
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 747 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,307since 1946
Regan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,276 | 80 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #2,347 | 78 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2023 | #2,352 | 77 | #3,712 | 30 |
| 2022 | #1,720 | 121 | #4,570 | 22 |
| 2021 | #1,739 | 118 | #3,740 | 29 |
| 2020 | #1,721 | 117 | #3,734 | 28 |
| 2019 | #1,490 | 147 | #3,259 | 35 |
| 2018 | #1,399 | 160 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #1,251 | 189 | #2,319 | 56 |
| 2016 | #1,164 | 216 | #2,661 | 46 |
| 2015 | #1,018 | 262 | #2,486 | 50 |
| 2014 | #1,074 | 238 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2013 | #877 | 294 | #2,623 | 45 |
| 2012 | #823 | 327 | #2,238 | 58 |
| 2011 | #931 | 277 | #2,145 | 61 |
| 2010 | #722 | 390 | #2,354 | 54 |
| 2009 | #724 | 401 | #2,203 | 60 |
| 2008 | #688 | 441 | #1,948 | 73 |
| 2007 | #548 | 558 | #1,795 | 81 |
| 2006 | #568 | 518 | #2,126 | 61 |
| 2005 | #467 | 653 | #2,114 | 58 |
| 2004 | #420 | 726 | #1,911 | 64 |
| 2003 | #448 | 669 | #2,055 | 55 |
| 2002 | #397 | 737 | #1,851 | 61 |
| 2001 | #391 | 747 | #1,777 | 63 |
| 2000 | #469 | 592 | #1,514 | 79 |
| 1999 | #440 | 611 | #1,733 | 59 |
| 1998 | #431 | 615 | #1,768 | 57 |
| 1997 | #449 | 564 | #1,438 | 75 |
| 1996 | #490 | 487 | #1,725 | 54 |
| 1995 | #578 | 397 | #1,706 | 52 |
| 1994 | #612 | 365 | #1,421 | 68 |
| 1993 | #738 | 285 | #1,460 | 64 |
| 1992 | #892 | 220 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #934 | 205 | #1,677 | 49 |
| 1990 | #1,080 | 163 | #1,635 | 50 |
| 1989 | #1,187 | 137 | #1,705 | 45 |
| 1988 | #1,261 | 116 | #1,879 | 35 |
| 1987 | #1,387 | 97 | #1,709 | 39 |
| 1986 | #1,314 | 101 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #1,287 | 104 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #1,137 | 120 | #1,842 | 30 |
| 1983 | #1,358 | 88 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | #1,461 | 82 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #991 | 147 | #1,602 | 37 |
| 1980 | #650 | 281 | #1,010 | 80 |
| 1979 | #759 | 212 | #930 | 89 |
| 1978 | #791 | 189 | #977 | 78 |
| 1977 | #774 | 195 | #1,158 | 57 |
| 1976 | #823 | 169 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #679 | 220 | #938 | 76 |
| 1974 | #751 | 188 | #1,409 | 37 |
| 1973 | #1,058 | 109 | #1,253 | 43 |
| 1972 | #1,380 | 72 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | #1,523 | 31 |
| 1969 | #2,003 | 39 | #1,280 | 38 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1966 | #1,632 | 47 | #835 | 76 |
| 1965 | #1,655 | 46 | #847 | 75 |
| 1964 | #1,610 | 50 | #815 | 85 |
| 1963 | #1,738 | 44 | #971 | 60 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 | #1,038 | 54 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #915 | 69 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #996 | 59 |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | #1,302 | 36 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #1,257 | 37 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #1,170 | 40 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #1,340 | 29 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #1,696 | 20 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #2,690 | 8 |
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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 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#104 · 1 in 313
- South Dakota#191 · 1 in 608
- Kansas#195 · 1 in 753
- Iowa#195 · 1 in 848
- Ohio#218 · 1 in 1,065
Best ever in a state: #90 in South Dakota, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #104 | 8 | 1 in 313 |
| South Dakota | #191 | 5 | 1 in 608 |
| Iowa | #195 | 16 | 1 in 848 |
| Kansas | #195 | 18 | 1 in 753 |
| Ohio | #218 | 54 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Missouri | #243 | 25 | 1 in 1,135 |
| Nebraska | #245 | 9 | 1 in 932 |
| West Virginia | #249 | 7 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Pennsylvania | #258 | 43 | 1 in 1,289 |
| Arkansas | #278 | 10 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Indiana | #282 | 25 | 1 in 1,301 |
| Wisconsin | #291 | 18 | 1 in 1,382 |
| Louisiana | #310 | 15 | 1 in 1,386 |
| South Carolina | #331 | 12 | 1 in 1,427 |
| Idaho | #337 | 5 | 1 in 1,292 |
| Virginia | #340 | 22 | 1 in 1,681 |
| Maryland | #342 | 15 | 1 in 1,634 |
| Mississippi | #351 | 8 | 1 in 1,465 |
| Minnesota | #364 | 14 | 1 in 1,875 |
| Alabama | #376 | 11 | 1 in 1,760 |
| Michigan | #377 | 24 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Colorado | #378 | 15 | 1 in 1,646 |
| Illinois | #388 | 35 | 1 in 1,957 |
| Oregon | #389 | 10 | 1 in 1,590 |
| New Jersey | #413 | 19 | 1 in 2,190 |
| Georgia | #421 | 24 | 1 in 2,105 |
| Arizona | #423 | 18 | 1 in 1,912 |
| Washington | #440 | 14 | 1 in 2,056 |
| Oklahoma | #453 | 8 | 1 in 2,107 |
| Florida | #472 | 30 | 1 in 2,734 |
| North Carolina | #495 | 17 | 1 in 2,615 |
| Tennessee | #497 | 11 | 1 in 2,769 |
| Nevada | #512 | 5 | 1 in 2,162 |
| Massachusetts | #534 | 9 | 1 in 3,256 |
| Kentucky | #606 | 6 | 1 in 3,246 |
| Utah | #609 | 6 | 1 in 3,043 |
| Texas | #621 | 46 | 1 in 3,463 |
| New York | #786 | 20 | 1 in 4,850 |
| California | #802 | 44 | 1 in 5,201 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 2001 at #391 (747 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1991–2013
- 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%)
- 37.1% of all girls named Regan (6,042) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1966, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 42 | #2,828 (1948) | #3,386 |
| 1950s | 163 | #2,249 (1956) | #2,826 |
| 1960s | 359 | #1,610 (1964) | #2,131 |
| 1970s | 1,425 | #679 (1975) | #1,147 |
| 1980s | 1,273 | #650 (1980) | #1,203 |
| 1990s | 3,912 | #431 (1998) | #664 |
| 2000s | 6,042 | #391 (2001) | #512 |
| 2010s | 2,500 | #722 (2010) | #1,075 |
| 2020s | 591 | #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 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 2,529 of them was named Regan, which outranked 97.8% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 31,015 of them was named Regan, which outranked 85.6% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,880Westley65
- #1,880Willis65
- #1,880Yasin65
- #1,911Regan64
- #1,911Arik64
- #1,911Brevin64
- #1,911Brodey64
- #1,934Blaize63
- #1,934Brandin63
- #1,934Carmine63
Tied with 22 names at #1,911; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.