Regina
#395 for girls in 2025, 786 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #7,271
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 4,362 births
- Debut · girls
- 36 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 11 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 184,272since 1880
Regina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #395 | 786 | — | |
| 2024 | #342 | 911 | — | |
| 2023 | #329 | 940 | — | |
| 2022 | #349 | 910 | — | |
| 2021 | #426 | 738 | — | |
| 2020 | #432 | 710 | — | |
| 2019 | #418 | 754 | — | |
| 2018 | #405 | 762 | — | |
| 2017 | #416 | 766 | — | |
| 2016 | #439 | 735 | — | |
| 2015 | #515 | 608 | — | |
| 2014 | #524 | 589 | — | |
| 2013 | #574 | 503 | — | |
| 2012 | #575 | 509 | — | |
| 2011 | #558 | 523 | — | |
| 2010 | #585 | 501 | — | |
| 2009 | #711 | 405 | — | |
| 2008 | #684 | 444 | — | |
| 2007 | #578 | 520 | — | |
| 2006 | #595 | 489 | — | |
| 2005 | #594 | 477 | — | |
| 2004 | #644 | 425 | — | |
| 2003 | #625 | 429 | — | |
| 2002 | #625 | 408 | — | |
| 2001 | #567 | 455 | — | |
| 2000 | #528 | 499 | — | |
| 1999 | #548 | 461 | — | |
| 1998 | #503 | 509 | — | |
| 1997 | #443 | 576 | — | |
| 1996 | #412 | 629 | — | |
| 1995 | #403 | 650 | — | |
| 1994 | #381 | 666 | — | |
| 1993 | #344 | 744 | — | |
| 1992 | #330 | 814 | — | |
| 1991 | #310 | 873 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #280 | 993 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #272 | 990 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #247 | 1,065 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #224 | 1,200 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #205 | 1,269 | — | |
| 1985 | #204 | 1,275 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #183 | 1,490 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #168 | 1,651 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #172 | 1,713 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #151 | 1,880 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #143 | 2,045 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #134 | 2,119 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #129 | 2,188 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #124 | 2,325 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #116 | 2,275 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #111 | 2,569 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #113 | 2,587 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #109 | 2,843 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #104 | 3,106 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #90 | 3,874 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #86 | 4,433 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #86 | 4,267 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #81 | 4,295 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #80 | 4,362 | #1,507 | 26 |
| 1966 | #82 | 4,295 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #82 | 4,548 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #83 | 5,001 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #92 | 4,710 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #91 | 5,002 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #98 | 4,764 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #105 | 4,583 | #1,858 | 19 |
| 1959 | #116 | 3,940 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #120 | 3,826 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #123 | 3,665 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #125 | 3,422 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #127 | 3,370 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #137 | 2,716 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #132 | 2,712 | — | |
| 1952 | #139 | 2,558 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #137 | 2,422 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #143 | 2,166 | — | |
| 1949 | #139 | 2,266 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #132 | 2,292 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #186 | 1,491 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #197 | 1,233 | — | |
| 1945 | #201 | 984 | — | |
| 1944 | #208 | 944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #195 | 1,084 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #209 | 973 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #237 | 727 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #236 | 719 | — | |
| 1939 | #235 | 690 | — | |
| 1938 | #239 | 686 | — | |
| 1937 | #230 | 706 | — | |
| 1936 | #232 | 703 | — | |
| 1935 | #246 | 641 | — | |
| 1934 | #239 | 682 | — | |
| 1933 | #238 | 647 | — | |
| 1932 | #226 | 714 | — | |
| 1931 | #216 | 777 | — | |
| 1930 | #215 | 799 | — | |
| 1929 | #208 | 890 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #204 | 956 | — | |
| 1927 | #205 | 959 | — | |
| 1926 | #197 | 997 | — | |
| 1925 | #192 | 1,077 | — | |
| 1924 | #184 | 1,226 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #186 | 1,175 | — | |
| 1922 | #187 | 1,136 | — | |
| 1921 | #188 | 1,144 | — | |
| 1920 | #186 | 1,116 | — | |
| 1919 | #184 | 1,068 | — | |
| 1918 | #181 | 1,132 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #186 | 1,016 | — | |
| 1916 | #194 | 921 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #191 | 869 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #191 | 694 | — | |
| 1913 | #208 | 504 | — | |
| 1912 | #200 | 483 | — | |
| 1911 | #206 | 343 | — | |
| 1910 | #189 | 359 | — | |
| 1909 | #216 | 264 | — | |
| 1908 | #211 | 256 | — | |
| 1907 | #209 | 242 | — | |
| 1906 | #203 | 229 | — | |
| 1905 | #203 | 223 | — | |
| 1904 | #217 | 198 | — | |
| 1903 | #197 | 213 | — | |
| 1902 | #211 | 198 | — | |
| 1901 | #188 | 219 | — | |
| 1900 | #222 | 201 | — | |
| 1899 | #242 | 131 | — | |
| 1898 | #227 | 167 | — | |
| 1897 | #206 | 176 | — | |
| 1896 | #227 | 149 | — | |
| 1895 | #232 | 138 | — | |
| 1894 | #233 | 131 | — | |
| 1893 | #248 | 114 | — | |
| 1892 | #228 | 128 | — | |
| 1891 | #235 | 105 | — | |
| 1890 | #228 | 114 | — | |
| 1889 | #235 | 98 | — | |
| 1888 | #242 | 92 | — | |
| 1887 | #259 | 66 | — | |
| 1886 | #248 | 69 | — | |
| 1885 | #236 | 71 | — | |
| 1884 | #233 | 67 | — | |
| 1883 | #287 | 38 | — | |
| 1882 | #265 | 43 | — | |
| 1881 | #247 | 41 | — | |
| 1880 | #254 | 36 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Regina was already there! It came in at #254, and was given to 36 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 44 girls a year got the name.
Where Regina is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Texas#111 · 1 in 581
- New Mexico#219 · 1 in 726
- Arizona#225 · 1 in 970
- California#247 · 1 in 1,255
- Iowa#331 · 1 in 1,245
Best ever in a state: #32 in Alabama, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #111 | 275 | 1 in 581 |
| New Mexico | #219 | 8 | 1 in 726 |
| Arizona | #225 | 31 | 1 in 970 |
| California | #247 | 156 | 1 in 1,255 |
| Iowa | #331 | 10 | 1 in 1,245 |
| Idaho | #377 | 5 | 1 in 1,263 |
| Oklahoma | #397 | 10 | 1 in 1,574 |
| Colorado | #412 | 13 | 1 in 1,740 |
| Kansas | #439 | 7 | 1 in 1,713 |
| Nevada | #446 | 6 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Illinois | #483 | 24 | 1 in 2,314 |
| Indiana | #490 | 14 | 1 in 2,150 |
| Georgia | #535 | 19 | 1 in 2,480 |
| Ohio | #554 | 20 | 1 in 2,589 |
| Michigan | #591 | 14 | 1 in 2,948 |
| Missouri | #602 | 9 | 1 in 2,886 |
| Washington | #607 | 11 | 1 in 2,824 |
| South Carolina | #651 | 6 | 1 in 2,959 |
| New York | #737 | 22 | 1 in 4,000 |
| Wisconsin | #745 | 6 | 1 in 3,763 |
| New Jersey | #816 | 8 | 1 in 4,496 |
| Pennsylvania | #823 | 11 | 1 in 4,649 |
| Minnesota | #860 | 5 | 1 in 4,784 |
| Florida | #876 | 17 | 1 in 5,056 |
| Maryland | #894 | 5 | 1 in 4,655 |
| Tennessee | #933 | 6 | 1 in 5,100 |
| North Carolina | #1,003 | 8 | 1 in 5,673 |
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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 Regina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 53 spots since 2024 (#342 → #395)
- 37 spots since 2020 (#432 → #395)
- 120 spots since 2015 (#515 → #395)
- Biggest jump: 126 spots in 2010 (#711 → #585)
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 2008 (#578 → #684)
Rise & fade · girls
87 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1967 at #80 (4,362 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 11 yrs · run 1961–1971
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 379
- Highest: 1 in 379 girls born in 1967 were named Regina (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,045 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 24.9% of all girls named Regina (45,827) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 621 | #233 (1884) | #251 |
| 1890s | 1,353 | #206 (1897) | #231 |
| 1900s | 2,243 | #188 (1901) | #208 |
| 1910s | 7,389 | #181 (1918) | #193 |
| 1920s | 10,676 | #184 (1924) | #194 |
| 1930s | 7,045 | #215 (1930) | #232 |
| 1940s | 12,713 | #132 (1948) | #194 |
| 1950s | 30,797 | #116 (1959) | #130 |
| 1960s | 45,827 | #80 (1967) | #88 |
| 1970s | 28,319 | #86 (1970) | #112 |
| 1980s | 14,578 | #143 (1980) | #197 |
| 1990s | 6,915 | #280 (1990) | #395 |
| 2000s | 4,551 | #528 (2000) | #615 |
| 2010s | 6,250 | #405 (2018) | #501 |
| 2020s | 4,995 | #329 (2023) | #379 |
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.
Regina in 2017
girls
#416
766 births · 1 in 2,254 girls
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 2,254 of them was named Regina, which outranked 97.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Regina
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.