Regis
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 93.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 98 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,193since 1897
Regis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,558 | 13 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,121 | 19 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,030 | 23 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,257 | 34 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,659 | 52 | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,725 | 47 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,361 | 67 |
| 1989 | — | #1,349 | 66 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,592 | 45 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #1,493 | 45 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #1,429 | 47 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | — | #1,651 | 35 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #1,677 | 35 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,711 | 30 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,036 | 20 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,400 | 37 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,435 | 34 |
| 1969 | — | #1,351 | 35 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,131 | 44 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,117 | 44 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,129 | 44 | |
| 1964 | — | #989 | 58 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,156 | 46 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | — | #1,117 | 48 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #1,026 | 55 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #919 | 68 |
| 1956 | — | #1,045 | 52 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #867 | 72 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #902 | 67 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #768 | 85 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #863 | 66 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #775 | 82 |
| 1950 | — | #800 | 72 | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #734 | 88 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #744 | 82 |
| 1947 | — | #742 | 86 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #676 | 91 |
| 1945 | — | #704 | 75 | |
| 1944 | — | #698 | 79 | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #700 | 84 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #667 | 93 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #654 | 87 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #711 | 73 |
| 1939 | — | #726 | 68 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #715 | 73 |
| 1937 | — | #665 | 80 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #660 | 79 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #757 | 66 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #678 | 80 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #757 | 65 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #739 | 71 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #667 | 80 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #749 | 72 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #781 | 68 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #779 | 69 |
| 1927 | — | #892 | 58 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #803 | 67 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #871 | 59 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #925 | 57 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #777 | 72 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #698 | 87 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #814 | 70 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #785 | 72 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #908 | 54 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #831 | 62 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #599 | 98 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #763 | 64 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #776 | 60 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #734 | 51 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #876 | 26 |
| 1911 | — | #667 | 22 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five boys were named Regis! It came in at #1,057, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,653 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #8,910)
- 2,930 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #8,910)
- 1,419 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 455 spots in 1910 (#1,277 → #822)
- Biggest drop: 331 spots in 1909 (#946 → #1,277)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1917 at #599 (98 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1910–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,444
- Highest: 1 in 9,444 boys born in 1917 were named Regis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 16.1% of all boys named Regis (838) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 48 | #858 (1901) | #1,161 |
| 1910s | 484 | #599 (1917) | #781 |
| 1920s | 679 | #698 (1922) | #813 |
| 1930s | 734 | #660 (1936) | #711 |
| 1940s | 838 | #654 (1941) | #703 |
| 1950s | 667 | #768 (1953) | #908 |
| 1960s | 441 | #989 (1964) | #1,170 |
| 1970s | 257 | #1,400 (1971) | #1,908 |
| 1980s | 401 | #1,349 (1989) | #1,684 |
| 1990s | 331 | #1,361 (1990) | #2,745 |
| 2000s | 136 | #4,121 (2001) | #5,839 |
| 2010s | 112 | #5,741 (2010) | #7,103 |
| 2020s | 60 | #5,980 (2020) | #7,904 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Regis in 1939
boys
#726
68 births · 1 in 16,277 boys
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 16,277 of them was named Regis, which outranked 81.7% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).