How rare is the name Regina?

139,152 people in the United States have the first name Regina, about 1 in 2,171. It ranks #405 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

REGINA

#405

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
139,152
About
1 in 2,171
This common or more
54.5%
Who bears it

Of the 139,152 people named Regina, 58.2% reported their origin as White, 23% as Black and 11.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Regina peaked in 1962, when 5,019 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1962
Births that year
5,019
In 2025*
786 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 184,835 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Regina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #166. The largest share of babies named Regina, 33.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#450621
1890s#3551,353
1900s#3062,243
1910s#3317,405
1920s#34610,690
1930s#4287,045
1940s#34212,757
1950s#24630,867
1960s#16646,002
1970s#21128,464
1980s#37314,665
1990s#7426,927
2000s#1,1524,551
2010s#9796,250
2020s#7694,995
Before 19011.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–279.9%
Silent Generation 1928–457.8%
Baby boom 1946–6433.7%
Generation X 1965–8028.3%
Millennials 1981–969.7%
Generation Z 1997–124.1%
2013 and later5.3%

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 Regina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Regina has been most common in District of Columbia (2×), Pennsylvania (1.6×), and Maryland (1.4×), and least common in Utah (0.13×).

176,418 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 Regina

#403 Lydia · 139,560#404 Sally · 139,332#406 Frederick · 138,927#407 Kelsey · 138,745

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Regina, most common first.

#6,488 Regine · 2,468#7,674 Regena · 1,965#7,985 Regino · 1,845#18,554 Reginae · 580#19,527 Reginia · 540#28,260 Rejina · 319#31,941 Regin · 266#43,957 Reginna · 159

Also a last name

As a last name, Regina ranks #21,277 of 156,621, with 1,254 people. See Regina as a last name

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