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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Regis
- 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)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1917 at #599 (98 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1910–1955
- 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%)
- 16.1% of all boys named Regis (838) were born in this decade
- 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 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 300,143 of them was named Regis, which outranked 22.2% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,385Zanna7
- #4,385Zilla7
- #4,385Zinda7
- #4,833Regis6
- #4,833Adah6
- #4,833Adelfa6
- #4,833Agapita6
- #5,414Abelina5
- #5,414Adlean5
- #5,414Adriene5
Tied with 580 names at #4,833; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 22,961 of them was named Regis, which outranked 81.8% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).