Boys' name · since 1962
Regi
Regi has 16 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,998 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Regi is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 16 have been recorded since 1962.
Regi has 16 recorded births among boys since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 1979.
- #30,998 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1962
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Regi ranks #30,998 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1962, peaking in the 1970s.
- #30,998 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Regi's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Regi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Regi splits its recorded history at 1977: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Regi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Regi by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1970s was Regi's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Regi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Regi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1962–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Regi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.