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Regina

Means “queen”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #515, 2016: #439, 2017: #416, 2018: #405, 2019: #418, 2020: #432, 2021: #426, 2022: #349, 2023: #329, 2024: #342, 2025: #3951 in 2,045 girls in the US, 2025#395 · rising · was #515 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,705, 2016: #2,966, 2017: #3,229, 2018: #1,887, 2019: #4,686, 2020: #2,163, 2021: #1,692, 2022: #2,674, 2023: #2,201, 2024: #2,254, 2025: #2,7881 in 28,142 girls in E&W, 2025#2,788 · steady · was #2,705 in 2015

Girl’s name · Latin · /ɹɪˈd͡ʒiːnə/

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What Regina means

Means “queen”

Borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Regina” (revision 93741474), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Regina?

US 2025
#395
786 babies
▼ 53 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2788
9 babies
▼ 534 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #515 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #2705 in 2015, #2788 now.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (1967)

Biggest US share so far: 1967, when 4,362 girls got the name (#80 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 2,045 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 28,142 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in TX (1.59 per 1,000 girls), AZ (1.52 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.5 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Regina is #395 in the US and #2788 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#3957861 in 2,045#515
England & Wales#278891 in 28,142#2705
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Regina were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20257860
England & Wales 202590
US all years since 1880184,272563
England & Wales since 19962650

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒiːnə/, /ɹɪˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒiːnə/
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Reginae10 US
  • Rejina5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Regina

Girls

  • Frances#318Editor’s note Up from #513 in 2015 to #318 in 2025 in the US
  • Loretta#606Diminutive of Laura, meaning “laurel tree”
  • Sylvia#300“forest”
  • Octavia#308“the eighth”
  • Florence#391“flowering, flourishing”
  • Maxine#496Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,106 in 2015, #496 in 2025

For a brother

  • Francis#420“Frankish (man); a Frank”
  • Lionel#659“lion”
  • Leon#138“lion”
  • Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
  • Felix#175“happy, lucky”
  • Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Regina’s. Rank is US 2025.

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