Regena — girls' name
2,730 babies named Regena in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Regena was born in this single decade.
85 babies were named Regena in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Regena
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,730 babies named Regena between 1904 and 2008, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Regena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 85 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Regena performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 661 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Regena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 180 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Regena in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Regena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,730 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Regena at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Regena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1904
- Peak year (1948)
- 85
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
2,730 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 85 births in a single year.
Regena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 661 births that decade — 24% of Regena's all-time total
Regena decade highlights
- Peak decade 661 births
- Runner-up 641 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Regena's strongest decade
661 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Regena by state
Where Regena concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 180 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 73 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 59 | 2.2% |
| #4 | California | | 43 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 34 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 31 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 29 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 23 | 0.8% |
180 of 2,730 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.7% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.2% of nationwide
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Regena appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1904–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.