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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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 1966

girls
#82
4,295 births · 1 in 394 girls
boys
#1,963
16 births · 1 in 111,466 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #82Regina4,295

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #1,963Regina16
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 394 of them was named Regina, which outranked 98.9% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Regina
  1. #79Annette4,428
  2. #80Janice4,345
  3. #81Lynn4,306
  4. #82Regina4,295
  5. #83Anne4,151
  6. #84Wanda4,093
  7. #85Sarah4,034
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 111,466 of them was named Regina, which outranked 56.8% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Regina
  1. #1,891Vester17
  2. #1,891Wayman17
  3. #1,891Waymond17
  4. #1,963Regina16
  5. #1,963Agapito16
  6. #1,963Ahmad16
  7. #1,963Alessandro16
  8. #2,043Alfy15
  9. #2,043Aloysius15
  10. #2,043Annette15

Tied with 79 names at #1,963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

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

See the top 100 for 1966