Regena
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #12,579
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 85 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,730since 1904
Regena over time
Rank among girls' names. Regena has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 |
| 1972 | #1,674 | 53 |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,544 | 63 |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 |
| 1968 | #1,347 | 68 |
| 1967 | #1,460 | 58 |
| 1966 | #1,161 | 84 |
| 1965 | #1,500 | 55 |
| 1964 | #1,334 | 71 |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 |
| 1960 | #1,354 | 66 |
| 1959 | #1,417 | 57 |
| 1958 | #1,498 | 51 |
| 1957 | #1,376 | 59 |
| 1956 | #1,249 | 69 |
| 1955 | #1,220 | 68 |
| 1954 | #1,164 | 73 |
| 1953 | #1,178 | 67 |
| 1952 | #1,107 | 72 |
| 1951 | #1,045 | 79 |
| 1950 | #1,135 | 66 |
| 1949 | #1,032 | 75 |
| 1948 | #939 | 85 |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,312 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Regena! It came in at #1,877, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Regena is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#364 · 1 in 3,192
- Alabama#404 · 1 in 4,157
- Kentucky#493 · 1 in 6,813
- Virginia#499 · 1 in 7,147
- Tennessee#502 · 1 in 7,537
Best ever in a state: #345 in Tennessee, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #364 | 7 | 1 in 3,192 |
| Alabama | #404 | 9 | 1 in 4,157 |
| Kentucky | #493 | 5 | 1 in 6,813 |
| Virginia | #499 | 5 | 1 in 7,147 |
| Tennessee | #502 | 5 | 1 in 7,537 |
| Texas | #813 | 8 | 1 in 11,841 |
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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 Regena
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 549 spots in 1948 (#1,488 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 93 spots in 1949 (#939 → #1,032)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1948 at #939 (85 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1948
- Highest: 1 in 19,975 girls born in 1948 were named Regena (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 236,367 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 24.2% of all girls named Regena (661) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,877 (1904) | #1,877 |
| 1910s | 92 | #1,855 (1919) | #2,332 |
| 1920s | 182 | #1,550 (1920) | #2,138 |
| 1930s | 177 | #1,514 (1935) | #1,924 |
| 1940s | 369 | #939 (1948) | #1,584 |
| 1950s | 661 | #1,045 (1951) | #1,239 |
| 1960s | 641 | #1,161 (1966) | #1,406 |
| 1970s | 400 | #1,544 (1970) | #2,243 |
| 1980s | 147 | #3,506 (1980) | #5,547 |
| 1990s | 35 | #6,867 (1990) | #9,509 |
| 2000s | 21 | #12,187 (2002) | #12,640 |
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.
Regena in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 22,812 of them was named Regena, which outranked 83.0% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,023Merrilee76
- #1,023Prudence76
- #1,023Wilhelmina76
- #1,032Regena75
- #1,032Ellyn75
- #1,032Johnny75
- #1,032Kendra75
- #1,038Angelia74
- #1,038Bernita74
- #1,038Georgetta74
Tied with 5 names at #1,032; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.