Regina
Regina was given to 786 girls in 2025, #395 among girls’ names; 184,835 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 137,000 Americans named Regina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 45 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Regina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Regina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Regina is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “queen” (rēgīna).
Borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”). The given name originally referred to the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven. The Canadian city was named for Queen Victoria, as suggested by Princess Louise. Doublet of rani.
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒiːnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Regina?
#395 among girls’ names, 2025
Regina rose from #516 in 2015 to #395 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.34 to 0.49 per 1,000.
5,019 babies in 1962, the peak
Regina peaked in 1962, when 5,019 babies were given it (5,002 girls, #91 among girls’ names). The 786 births of 2025 are 16% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 786 | #395 | 0.49 |
| 2024 | 911 | #342 | 0.56 |
| 2023 | 940 | #329 | 0.59 |
| 2022 | 910 | #349 | 0.55 |
| 2021 | 738 | #426 | 0.45 |
| 2020 | 710 | #432 | 0.44 |
| 2019 | 754 | #418 | 0.45 |
| 2018 | 762 | #406 | 0.45 |
| 2017 | 766 | #416 | 0.44 |
| 2016 | 735 | #439 | 0.41 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 608 | #516 | 0.34 |
| 2014 | 589 | #525 | 0.33 |
| 2013 | 503 | #574 | 0.29 |
| 2012 | 509 | #576 | 0.29 |
| 2011 | 523 | #558 | 0.30 |
| 2010 | 501 | #586 | 0.28 |
| 2009 | 405 | #715 | 0.22 |
| 2008 | 444 | #684 | 0.23 |
| 2007 | 520 | #580 | 0.27 |
| 2006 | 489 | #595 | 0.26 |
| 2005 | 477 | #595 | 0.26 |
| 2004 | 425 | #645 | 0.23 |
| 2003 | 429 | #625 | 0.23 |
| 2002 | 408 | #626 | 0.23 |
| 2001 | 455 | #569 | 0.25 |
| 2000 | 499 | #529 | 0.27 |
| 1999 | 461 | #549 | 0.26 |
| 1998 | 509 | #503 | 0.29 |
| 1997 | 576 | #443 | 0.33 |
| 1996 | 629 | #412 | 0.36 |
| 1995 | 650 | #403 | 0.37 |
| 1994 | 666 | #381 | 0.37 |
| 1993 | 744 | #344 | 0.41 |
| 1992 | 814 | #330 | 0.44 |
| 1991 | 873 | #310 | 0.47 |
| 1990 | 993 | #280 | 0.52 |
| 1989 | 990 | #272 | 0.54 |
| 1988 | 1,065 | #247 | 0.60 |
| 1987 | 1,200 | #224 | 0.69 |
| 1986 | 1,269 | #205 | 0.74 |
| 1985 | 1,275 | #204 | 0.74 |
| 1984 | 1,490 | #183 | 0.88 |
| 1983 | 1,651 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 1,713 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1981 | 1,880 | #151 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 2,045 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 2,119 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 1978 | 2,188 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 1977 | 2,325 | #124 | 1.5 |
| 1976 | 2,275 | #116 | 1.6 |
| 1975 | 2,569 | #111 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 2,587 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1973 | 2,843 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1972 | 3,106 | #104 | 2.0 |
| 1971 | 3,874 | #90 | 2.3 |
| 1970 | 4,433 | #86 | 2.5 |
| 1969 | 4,267 | #86 | 2.5 |
| 1968 | 4,295 | #81 | 2.6 |
| 1967 | 4,362 | #80 | 2.6 |
| 1966 | 4,295 | #82 | 2.5 |
| 1965 | 4,548 | #82 | 2.6 |
| 1964 | 5,001 | #83 | 2.6 |
| 1963 | 4,710 | #92 | 2.4 |
| 1962 | 5,002 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1961 | 4,764 | #98 | 2.4 |
| 1960 | 4,583 | #105 | 2.3 |
| 1959 | 3,940 | #117 | 1.9 |
| 1958 | 3,826 | #120 | 1.9 |
| 1957 | 3,665 | #123 | 1.8 |
| 1956 | 3,422 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 1955 | 3,370 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 1954 | 2,716 | #137 | 1.4 |
| 1953 | 2,712 | #132 | 1.4 |
| 1952 | 2,558 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1951 | 2,422 | #137 | 1.3 |
| 1950 | 2,166 | #143 | 1.3 |
| 1949 | 2,266 | #139 | 1.3 |
| 1948 | 2,292 | #132 | 1.3 |
| 1947 | 1,491 | #186 | 0.84 |
| 1946 | 1,233 | #197 | 0.78 |
| 1945 | 984 | #201 | 0.75 |
| 1944 | 944 | #209 | 0.71 |
| 1943 | 1,084 | #195 | 0.78 |
| 1942 | 973 | #209 | 0.72 |
| 1941 | 727 | #238 | 0.60 |
| 1940 | 719 | #236 | 0.63 |
| 1939 | 690 | #235 | 0.63 |
| 1938 | 686 | #240 | 0.62 |
| 1937 | 706 | #231 | 0.66 |
| 1936 | 703 | #233 | 0.68 |
| 1935 | 641 | #247 | 0.61 |
| 1934 | 682 | #239 | 0.65 |
| 1933 | 647 | #238 | 0.64 |
| 1932 | 714 | #226 | 0.67 |
| 1931 | 777 | #216 | 0.73 |
| 1930 | 799 | #215 | 0.71 |
| 1929 | 890 | #208 | 0.80 |
| 1928 | 956 | #204 | 0.83 |
| 1927 | 959 | #205 | 0.80 |
| 1926 | 997 | #197 | 0.84 |
| 1925 | 1,077 | #192 | 0.88 |
| 1924 | 1,226 | #184 | 1.0 |
| 1923 | 1,175 | #186 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 1,136 | #187 | 0.95 |
| 1921 | 1,144 | #188 | 0.93 |
| 1920 | 1,116 | #186 | 0.93 |
| 1919 | 1,068 | #185 | 0.95 |
| 1918 | 1,132 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1917 | 1,016 | #186 | 0.94 |
| 1916 | 921 | #194 | 0.88 |
| 1915 | 869 | #192 | 0.88 |
| 1914 | 694 | #191 | 0.91 |
| 1913 | 504 | #208 | 0.81 |
| 1912 | 483 | #201 | 0.87 |
| 1911 | 343 | #206 | 0.82 |
| 1910 | 359 | #189 | 0.91 |
| 1909 | 264 | #216 | 0.76 |
| 1908 | 256 | #211 | 0.77 |
| 1907 | 242 | #210 | 0.76 |
| 1906 | 229 | #203 | 0.78 |
| 1905 | 223 | #203 | 0.76 |
| 1904 | 198 | #217 | 0.72 |
| 1903 | 213 | #198 | 0.81 |
| 1902 | 198 | #213 | 0.75 |
| 1901 | 219 | #188 | 0.91 |
| 1900 | 201 | #222 | 0.67 |
| 1899 | 131 | #243 | 0.56 |
| 1898 | 167 | #228 | 0.65 |
| 1897 | 176 | #208 | 0.75 |
| 1896 | 149 | #229 | 0.63 |
| 1895 | 138 | #233 | 0.59 |
| 1894 | 131 | #233 | 0.59 |
| 1893 | 114 | #249 | 0.54 |
| 1892 | 128 | #229 | 0.60 |
| 1891 | 105 | #235 | 0.57 |
| 1890 | 114 | #229 | 0.60 |
| 1889 | 98 | #236 | 0.55 |
| 1888 | 92 | #243 | 0.52 |
| 1887 | 66 | #260 | 0.45 |
| 1886 | 69 | #251 | 0.48 |
| 1885 | 71 | #238 | 0.53 |
| 1884 | 67 | #233 | 0.52 |
| 1883 | 38 | #290 | 0.34 |
| 1882 | 43 | #268 | 0.40 |
| 1881 | 41 | #249 | 0.45 |
| 1880 | 36 | #258 | 0.40 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Regina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Regina has been given almost only to girls: 563 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Regina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Regina, and how old are they?
137,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 184,835 Americans ever recorded as Regina. The median Regina alive today is 58 years old; half are between 45 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 139,152 people named Regina (138,961 women and girls, 191 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 140,772 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,400 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 49,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 48,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 17,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 7,550 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 9,650 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Regina born?
The states with the most babies named Regina are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 18,173 | #940 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 15,600 | #462 | 1.5× |
| California | 15,430 | #272 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 14,041 | #123 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 9,089 | #735 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 8,635 | #378 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 6,146 | #831 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 5,149 | #680 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 5,117 | #544 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 5,069 | #679 | 0.9× |
Where Regina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Regina is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Regina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 194,251 babies since 1880, Regina is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 786 of their 826 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Regina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Regina and names like it
- Compare Regina and RegenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRegina peaked in 1962.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Regina since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Regina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Regina.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Regina alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.