Skip to content
NameBattle
My names

Regina

Masculine · “queen”

Regina is given to girls far more often — 184,272 girls against 563 boys since 1880. See Regina as a girl name

1915high 1967
Rare todaygiven to only a few children a year
rare

Regina is the Latin word for queen, used as a name for more than a thousand years. It has been sung at nightfall on ships and in monasteries, and it gave a Canadian prairie city a grander name than the one it started with.

How old is the name Regina?

Regina first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Regina alive today was born around 1968, making them about 57 years old. About 400 people named Regina are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Regina most popular?

Regina peaked in 1967, reaching #1507 nationally. See the whole 1967 chart.

Compare this nameMore “R” names

Lists built from the same records:

I

Where it comes from

The story of Regina

The Salve Regina, Hail Holy Queen, is one of the oldest hymns to Mary, sung at the close of the day, and Columbus's journal records his crews singing it at dusk on the Atlantic. The name came from that devotion into Catholic families across Europe and America. On the Canadian prairie, a settlement called Pile of Bones, after the heaps of bison bones left by hunters, was renamed Regina in honor of Queen Victoria, Victoria Regina, and it is now the capital of Saskatchewan. The name is recorded for a very few boys, but it is a woman's name everywhere.

Meaning

queen

From Latin regina, queen. In Christian use it echoes Mary's title Regina Caeli, Queen of Heaven.

How the name formed

  1. regina
  2. Regina

Related forms: Regina · Reina · Reine · Regina

Pronouncing Regina

ruh-JEE-nuh

Stress on the second syllable. The Canadian city is ruh-JY-nuh, and in German and Italian the g is hard: reh-GEE-nah.

Nicknames for Regina

Moderate

GinaThe most common short form, a name in its own right
ReggieA lively short form, more often a boy's
InaTaken from the end
II

What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1915–20252613026619151991

US babies named Regina per year from 1915 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#15071910s1990s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1915
Most boys named
196726 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1507reached in 1967
Change vs 1990
0.0%6 in 1991, from 6
Regina sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1967, with 26 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Regina in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Regina in Italian — same name
  • Reina in Spanish — related form
  • Reine in French — related form
  • Regina in German — same name

Reginas among us

400

people named Regina are estimated to be alive in the US today

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

III

Is it right for you

Fashion outlook

Regina sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.

Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Its meaning, queen, is clear and dignified.
  • Gina, Reggie and Ina give three different short forms.
  • It is familiar across many languages.
What to consider
  • Many people associate it with a particular generation of women.
  • The city's name is said differently, and some will make rhyming jokes about it.

Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Regina to the vote.

Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.

Start a family voteSwipe together

Only the people you invite can see your list.

Already decided on Regina? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.

Or just send this page to someone:

WhatsAppPinterestFacebook

What they receive

Someone added a name to your list

Regina

Masculine

♥ Love itNot for meLet’s talk about it
Add a note — what do you like about it?
Your shared list is empty. Regina would be the first name on it.

Frequently asked

How many Reginas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Regina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Regina in 2025?
Regina is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
Will my child share the name Regina with classmates?
Regina will almost certainly be the only one in school.

More R names

The most-given names starting with R, all years combined.

Robert#92 · Richard#234 · Ronald#637 · Ryan#99 · Raymond#394 · Roger#832 · Ralph#1046 · Roy#525

Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Regina? See the current top 100.

Choosing between Regina and another name?

See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.

Compare side by side

In a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.

Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.

Cast your vote

Which one would you pick?

Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.

US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle