Regis
Regis was given to 8 boys in 2025, #9,505 among boys’ names; 5,536 Americans have been recorded with it since 1897 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,630 Americans named Regis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 37 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Regis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Regis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Regis is “a male given name.”
/ˈɹiːd͡ʒɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Regis?
#9,505 among boys’ names, 2025
Regis fell from #7,910 in 2015 to #9,505 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.2 to 4.7 per million.
107 babies in 1917, the peak
Regis peaked in 1917, when 107 babies were given it (98 boys, #601 among boys’ names). The 8 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #9,505 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,637 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,635 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 7 | #10,604 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,680 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,212 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,520 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,624 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,671 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,642 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #7,910 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,632 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,966 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,934 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,938 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,967 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #8,159 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,704 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,757 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 14 | #6,021 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,514 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,426 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,807 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,326 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,251 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #6,213 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,488 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,367 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,696 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,889 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,482 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,081 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,278 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 52 | #1,669 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,735 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 67 | #1,363 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,608 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,455 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,504 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,445 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,083 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,679 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,695 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,426 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,538 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,952 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,050 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,736 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,514 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,610 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,109 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,141 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 37 | #1,412 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,456 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,374 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,143 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,125 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,506 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,138 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 58 | #999 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,116 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,105 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,169 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,161 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,126 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,035 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 68 | #922 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,051 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 72 | #871 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 67 | #905 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 85 | #770 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 66 | #867 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 82 | #779 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 72 | #803 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 88 | #735 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 82 | #748 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 86 | #744 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 91 | #679 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 75 | #705 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 79 | #699 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 84 | #700 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 93 | #672 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 87 | #657 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 73 | #714 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 68 | #730 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 73 | #718 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 80 | #669 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 79 | #668 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 66 | #763 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 80 | #680 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 65 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 71 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 80 | #672 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 72 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 68 | #786 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 69 | #784 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 58 | #897 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 67 | #812 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 59 | #880 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 57 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 72 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 87 | #701 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 70 | #822 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 72 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 54 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 62 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 98 | #601 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 64 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 60 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 51 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 33 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 26 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 22 | #684 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 14 | #853 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,415 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,007 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,504 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,222 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,383 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,364 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 7 | #925 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,462 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,195 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Regis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,536 Americans recorded as Regis, 6% are girls and 94% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Regis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Regis, and how old are they?
2,630 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 5,536 Americans ever recorded as Regis. The median Regis alive today is 57 years old; half are between 37 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 3,367 people named Regis (240 women and girls, 3,127 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,968 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 297 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 864 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 424 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 679 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 225 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 134 |
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 Regis born?
The states with the most babies named Regis are Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York, with 97% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 3,059 | not ranked | 8.4× |
| Ohio | 97 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 56 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| California | 30 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Texas | 10 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Alabama | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| South Carolina | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Regis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Regis is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 8.4 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 boys’ 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 Regis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Regis
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 Regis and names like it
- Compare Regis and PhillipsBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sRegis peaked in 1917.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Regis since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Regis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Regis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.