Meaning not yet researched.
Regina: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 786 in 2025. Its best rank was #80 in 1967.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #80 in 1967; #395 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Regina in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#395 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1967, at #80.
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Regina: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 786 girls in 2025. Peak: #80 in 1967 · most girls in one year: 5,002 (1962).
In 2025, 786 US girls were named Regina, making it the 395th most common girls’ name of the year, down 53 places from #342 in 2024. That is 125 fewer than the 911 girls named Regina in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #80, reached in 1967. The most girls given the name in a single year was 5,002, in 1962. For comparison, it was #516 in 2015 and #143 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Regina in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 36 babies with the name. In all, 184,835 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 46,002 babies named Regina.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,012 US girls were named Regina; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 940. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,045 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Regina ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #123 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Reina (14,080 babies since 1880), Regine (1,388 babies since 1880) and Regena (2,730 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Reginae, Reine and Reginna are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Gina and Reggie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Finnish, Italian and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Reginae (836), Reine (527), Reginna (102), Regana (68), Regeana (44), Regenna (33), Regeina (22), Reggina (19), Regginae (13), Rigina (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 255 | #123 | #141 |
| Arizona | 43 | #148 | #209 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #243 | — |
| California | 122 | #272 | #374 |
| Nevada | 10 | #283 | — |
| Colorado | 21 | #294 | #681 |
| Illinois | 28 | #378 | #597 |
| Indiana | 17 | #412 | #436 |
| Iowa | 8 | #429 | #458 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | #462 | #667 |
| Tennessee | 17 | #474 | #733 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #480 | #733 |
| Kansas | 7 | #487 | — |
| Kentucky | 9 | #494 | — |
| Oregon | 7 | #534 | #455 |
| Georgia | 21 | #544 | #1,040 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #545 | — |
| Washington | 12 | #572 | #749 |
| Utah | 7 | #590 | — |
| Virginia | 13 | #600 | #837 |
| Alabama | 8 | #625 | — |
| Maryland | 8 | #641 | #765 |
| North Carolina | 15 | #679 | #1,362 |
| Michigan | 12 | #680 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #683 | #654 |
| Ohio | 13 | #735 | #615 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #743 | — |
| Minnesota | 6 | #819 | #983 |
| New Jersey | 9 | #831 | #1,330 |
| New York | 17 | #940 | #879 |
| Florida | 11 | #1,315 | #1,040 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 786 | #395 | — | — |
| 2024 | 911 | #342 | — | — |
| 2023 | 940 | #329 | — | — |
| 2022 | 910 | #349 | — | — |
| 2021 | 738 | #426 | — | — |
| 2020 | 710 | #432 | — | — |
| 2019 | 754 | #418 | — | — |
| 2018 | 762 | #406 | — | — |
| 2017 | 766 | #416 | — | — |
| 2016 | 735 | #439 | — | — |
| 2015 | 608 | #516 | — | — |
| 2014 | 589 | #525 | — | — |
| 2013 | 503 | #574 | — | — |
| 2012 | 509 | #576 | — | — |
| 2011 | 523 | #558 | — | — |
| 2010 | 501 | #586 | — | — |
| 2009 | 405 | #715 | — | — |
| 2008 | 444 | #684 | — | — |
| 2007 | 520 | #580 | — | — |
| 2006 | 489 | #595 | — | — |
| 2005 | 477 | #595 | — | — |
| 2004 | 425 | #645 | — | — |
| 2003 | 429 | #625 | — | — |
| 2002 | 408 | #626 | — | — |
| 2001 | 455 | #569 | — | — |
| 2000 | 499 | #529 | — | — |
| 1999 | 461 | #549 | — | — |
| 1998 | 509 | #503 | — | — |
| 1997 | 576 | #443 | — | — |
| 1996 | 629 | #412 | — | — |
| 1995 | 650 | #403 | — | — |
| 1994 | 666 | #381 | — | — |
| 1993 | 744 | #344 | — | — |
| 1992 | 814 | #330 | — | — |
| 1991 | 873 | #310 | 6 | #8,023 |
| 1990 | 993 | #280 | 6 | #7,904 |
| 1989 | 990 | #272 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1988 | 1,065 | #247 | 6 | #7,060 |
| 1987 | 1,200 | #224 | 9 | #4,876 |
| 1986 | 1,269 | #205 | — | — |
| 1985 | 1,275 | #204 | 12 | #3,757 |
| 1984 | 1,490 | #183 | 8 | #4,873 |
| 1983 | 1,651 | #168 | 6 | #6,058 |
| 1982 | 1,713 | #172 | 11 | #3,899 |
| 1981 | 1,880 | #151 | 9 | #4,413 |
| 1980 | 2,045 | #143 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1979 | 2,119 | #134 | 14 | #3,129 |
| 1978 | 2,188 | #129 | 7 | #4,936 |
| 1977 | 2,325 | #124 | 20 | #2,336 |
| 1976 | 2,275 | #116 | 12 | #3,221 |
| 1975 | 2,569 | #111 | 13 | #3,042 |
| 1974 | 2,587 | #113 | 11 | #3,277 |
| 1973 | 2,843 | #110 | 17 | #2,383 |
| 1972 | 3,106 | #104 | 11 | #3,105 |
| 1971 | 3,874 | #90 | 22 | #1,972 |
| 1970 | 4,433 | #86 | 18 | #2,195 |
| 1969 | 4,267 | #86 | 15 | #2,285 |
| 1968 | 4,295 | #81 | 18 | #1,948 |
| 1967 | 4,362 | #80 | 26 | #1,533 |
| 1966 | 4,295 | #82 | 16 | #2,027 |
| 1965 | 4,548 | #82 | 20 | #1,802 |
| 1964 | 5,001 | #83 | 18 | #1,959 |
| 1963 | 4,710 | #92 | 15 | #2,184 |
| 1962 | 5,002 | #91 | 17 | #2,019 |
| 1961 | 4,764 | #98 | 11 | #2,668 |
| 1960 | 4,583 | #105 | 19 | #1,894 |
| 1959 | 3,940 | #117 | 8 | #3,233 |
| 1958 | 3,826 | #120 | 12 | #2,475 |
| 1957 | 3,665 | #123 | 12 | #2,465 |
| 1956 | 3,422 | #125 | 7 | #3,468 |
| 1955 | 3,370 | #127 | 9 | #2,925 |
| 1954 | 2,716 | #137 | 12 | #2,412 |
| 1953 | 2,712 | #132 | — | — |
| 1952 | 2,558 | #139 | 5 | #4,144 |
| 1951 | 2,422 | #137 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1950 | 2,166 | #143 | — | — |
| 1949 | 2,266 | #139 | 9 | #2,758 |
| 1948 | 2,292 | #132 | 5 | #4,076 |
| 1947 | 1,491 | #186 | 5 | #4,153 |
| 1946 | 1,233 | #197 | — | — |
| 1945 | 984 | #201 | — | — |
| 1944 | 944 | #209 | 5 | #3,808 |
| 1943 | 1,084 | #195 | 8 | #2,920 |
| 1942 | 973 | #209 | 6 | #3,497 |
| 1941 | 727 | #238 | 6 | #3,426 |
| 1940 | 719 | #236 | — | — |
| 1939 | 690 | #235 | — | — |
| 1938 | 686 | #240 | — | — |
| 1937 | 706 | #231 | — | — |
| 1936 | 703 | #233 | — | — |
| 1935 | 641 | #247 | — | — |
| 1934 | 682 | #239 | — | — |
| 1933 | 647 | #238 | — | — |
| 1932 | 714 | #226 | — | — |
| 1931 | 777 | #216 | — | — |
| 1930 | 799 | #215 | — | — |
| 1929 | 890 | #208 | 7 | #3,485 |
| 1928 | 956 | #204 | — | — |
| 1927 | 959 | #205 | — | — |
| 1926 | 997 | #197 | — | — |
| 1925 | 1,077 | #192 | — | — |
| 1924 | 1,226 | #184 | 7 | #3,786 |
| 1923 | 1,175 | #186 | — | — |
| 1922 | 1,136 | #187 | — | — |
| 1921 | 1,144 | #188 | — | — |
| 1920 | 1,116 | #186 | — | — |
| 1919 | 1,068 | #185 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,132 | #181 | 6 | #4,078 |
| 1917 | 1,016 | #186 | — | — |
| 1916 | 921 | #194 | 5 | #4,384 |
| 1915 | 869 | #192 | 5 | #4,285 |
| 1914 | 694 | #191 | — | — |
| 1913 | 504 | #208 | — | — |
| 1912 | 483 | #201 | — | — |
| 1911 | 343 | #206 | — | — |
| 1910 | 359 | #189 | — | — |
| 1909 | 264 | #216 | — | — |
| 1908 | 256 | #211 | — | — |
| 1907 | 242 | #210 | — | — |
| 1906 | 229 | #203 | — | — |
| 1905 | 223 | #203 | — | — |
| 1904 | 198 | #217 | — | — |
| 1903 | 213 | #198 | — | — |
| 1902 | 198 | #213 | — | — |
| 1901 | 219 | #188 | — | — |
| 1900 | 201 | #222 | — | — |
| 1899 | 131 | #243 | — | — |
| 1898 | 167 | #228 | — | — |
| 1897 | 176 | #208 | — | — |
| 1896 | 149 | #229 | — | — |
| 1895 | 138 | #233 | — | — |
| 1894 | 131 | #233 | — | — |
| 1893 | 114 | #249 | — | — |
| 1892 | 128 | #229 | — | — |
| 1891 | 105 | #235 | — | — |
| 1890 | 114 | #229 | — | — |
| 1889 | 98 | #236 | — | — |
| 1888 | 92 | #243 | — | — |
| 1887 | 66 | #260 | — | — |
| 1886 | 69 | #251 | — | — |
| 1885 | 71 | #238 | — | — |
| 1884 | 67 | #233 | — | — |
| 1883 | 38 | #290 | — | — |
| 1882 | 43 | #268 | — | — |
| 1881 | 41 | #249 | — | — |
| 1880 | 36 | #258 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).