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

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Peak · girls
1967 · 4,362 births
Debut · girls
36 births
In top 100 · girls
11 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
184,272
since 1880

Regina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #80, 1967girls
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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#395786
2024#342911
2023#329940
2022#349910
2021#426738
2020#432710
2019#418754
2018#405762
2017#416766
2016#439735
2015#515608
2014#524589
2013#574503
2012#575509
2011#558523
2010#585501
2009#711405
2008#684444
2007#578520
2006#595489
2005#594477
2004#644425
2003#625429
2002#625408
2001#567455
2000#528499
1999#548461
1998#503509
1997#443576
1996#412629
1995#403650
1994#381666
1993#344744
1992#330814
1991#310873#7,2716
1990#280993#7,1786
1989#272990#4,27112
1988#2471,065#6,4266
1987#2241,200#4,5739
1986#2051,269
1985#2041,275#3,59912
1984#1831,490#4,5528
1983#1681,651#5,4846
1982#1721,713#3,69211
1981#1511,880#4,1539
1980#1432,045#3,09814
1979#1342,119#3,01814
1978#1292,188#4,5547
1977#1242,325#2,27020
1976#1162,275#3,09512
1975#1112,569#2,90213
1974#1132,587#3,12011
1973#1092,843#2,31117
1972#1043,106#2,99111
1971#903,874#1,91622
1970#864,433#2,12518
1969#864,267#2,21715
1968#814,295#1,89418
1967#804,362#1,50726
1966#824,295#1,96316
1965#824,548#1,77420
1964#835,001#1,90018
1963#924,710#2,11515
1962#915,002#1,96217
1961#984,764#2,53811
1960#1054,583#1,85819
1959#1163,940#3,0378
1958#1203,826#2,37012
1957#1233,665#2,37512
1956#1253,422#3,2167
1955#1273,370#2,7649
1954#1372,716#2,31612
1953#1322,712
1952#1392,558#3,7345
1951#1372,422#3,7145
1950#1432,166
1949#1392,266#2,6069
1948#1322,292#3,6685
1947#1861,491#3,7335
1946#1971,233
1945#201984
1944#208944#3,4305
1943#1951,084#2,7328
1942#209973#3,2126
1941#237727#3,1336
1940#236719
1939#235690
1938#239686
1937#230706
1936#232703
1935#246641
1934#239682
1933#238647
1932#226714
1931#216777
1930#215799
1929#208890#3,2477
1928#204956
1927#205959
1926#197997
1925#1921,077
1924#1841,226#3,5057
1923#1861,175
1922#1871,136
1921#1881,144
1920#1861,116
1919#1841,068
1918#1811,132#3,7286
1917#1861,016
1916#194921#3,8975
1915#191869#3,8255
1914#191694
1913#208504
1912#200483
1911#206343
1910#189359
1909#216264
1908#211256
1907#209242
1906#203229
1905#203223
1904#217198
1903#197213
1902#211198
1901#188219
1900#222201
1899#242131
1898#227167
1897#206176
1896#227149
1895#232138
1894#233131
1893#248114
1892#228128
1891#235105
1890#228114
1889#23598
1888#24292
1887#25966
1886#24869
1885#23671
1884#23367
1883#28738
1882#26543
1881#24741
1880#25436
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.

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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s621#233 (1884)#251
1890s1,353#206 (1897)#231
1900s2,243#188 (1901)#208
1910s7,389#181 (1918)#193
1920s10,676#184 (1924)#194
1930s7,045#215 (1930)#232
1940s12,713#132 (1948)#194
1950s30,797#116 (1959)#130
1960s45,827#80 (1967)#88
1970s28,319#86 (1970)#112
1980s14,578#143 (1980)#197
1990s6,915#280 (1990)#395
2000s4,551#528 (2000)#615
2010s6,250#405 (2018)#501
2020s4,995#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 1956

girls
#125
3,422 births · 1 in 587 girls
boys
#3,216
7 births · 1 in 302,186 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #125Regina3,422

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #3,216Regina7
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 587 of them was named Regina, which outranked 98.2% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Regina
  1. #122Amy3,546
  2. #123Eileen3,452
  3. #124Lorraine3,430
  4. #125Regina3,422
  5. #126Loretta3,407
  6. #127Andrea3,398
  7. #128Gwendolyn3,377
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 302,186 of them was named Regina, which outranked 27.8% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Regina
  1. #2,969Zan8
  2. #2,969Zebbie8
  3. #2,969Zev8
  4. #3,216Regina7
  5. #3,216Abron7
  6. #3,216Adelbert7
  7. #3,216Admiral7
  8. #3,535Abbie6
  9. #3,535Abbott6
  10. #3,535Abie6

Tied with 318 names at #3,216; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956