first name
REGAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,676 people named Regan, 83.7% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 82% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Regan peaked in 2001, when 810 babies got the name.
At least 20,053 babies have been given the name since 1920. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Regan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #863. The largest share of babies named Regan, 49.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Regan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Regan has been most common in Kansas (2.2×), Nebraska (1.6×), and Ohio (1.6×), and least common in Connecticut (0.35×).
13,814 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Regan
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Regan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Regan ranks #1,678 of 156,621, with 21,004 people. See Regan as a last name
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