Reina
Feminine · “queen (Spanish)”
Reina is the Spanish word for queen, written exactly as it is spoken in the language, and it has been carried by American families for well over a century. The same four-letter shape arrives from other directions too: it is a longstanding Yiddish name, and in Japan Reina is written with a choice of kanji. Two syllables, an open vowel, and a soft landing.
How old is the name Reina?
Reina first appears in US birth records in 1896 — 129 years ago. The typical Reina alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 13,500 people named Reina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reina most popular?
Reina peaked in 2024, reaching #551 nationally. Today it ranks #582, 31 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Regina to Reina
The story of Reina
The Latin regina, queen, gave Romance languages their word and their name: Spanish reina, French reine, Italian and Latin Regina. Spanish is where the given name Reina is most at home, and Spanish-speaking families brought it into American records generations ago. Independently, Ashkenazi Jewish families used Reina and Rayna as a woman's name in Yiddish long before either group met in the United States. In Japan, Reina is a modern name whose sense is fixed by the characters chosen for it rather than by the sound — which is why the same four letters can mean quite different things in different households.
Meaningscholars disagree
queen (Spanish)
In Spanish, reina is simply the everyday word for queen, from Latin regina — that reading is not in doubt. But the same spelling reaches English speakers by other roads. Reina (also spelled Rayna) is an established Yiddish name, and in Japanese Reina's meaning depends entirely on which kanji a family chooses, so no single translation covers it. Which meaning applies depends on which tradition the name came down through.
How the name formed
- Regina
- Reine
- Reina
Related forms: Reina · Regina · Reine · Regina · Rayna · Reina
Pronouncing Reina
RAY-nah
RAY-nah in Spanish and in Japanese alike. Some English speakers reach for REE-nah on first sight, reading it as a cousin of Rena or Nina, so expect to correct that occasionally.
Nicknames for Reina
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1896
- Most girls named
- 2025510 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #551reached in 2024
- Change vs 2023
- +11.4%510 in 2025, from 458
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.
Reina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Reina in Spanish — same name
- Regina in Latin — related form
- Reine in French — same name
- Regina in Italian — related form
- Rayna in Yiddish — spelling variant
- Reina in Japanese — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Reinas among us
people named Reina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 3,152 born in 2025 was named Reina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Reina
- #582
- Reina on the 2025 chart
- #312
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Reina went to 510 girls in 2025, but Reyna is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 1,003, which makes it the 312th most-given girls’ name of the year — 270 places above the chart.
- Reina510
- Reyna493
About 1 girl in 1,602 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 3,152 for Reina itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Patrica test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Reina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Patrica climbed just as high around 1950, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Patrica's path sketches the road Reina is walking now.
Reina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Reina is headed
Reina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Reina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Reina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters, two syllables, phonetic in Spanish — anyone who speaks the language reads and spells it at a glance.
- Works unchanged in Spanish, English and Japanese, with no adjustment needed when crossing between them.
- On record in the United States across many generations, so it is neither novel nor tied to one moment of fashion.
- Has real short forms available — Rei, Reinita — without needing to be shortened.
- Two live pronunciations, RAY-nah and REE-nah, and the wrong one is an easy first guess for English speakers. Most families settle it with a single friendly correction, but it repeats.
- Reyna is a common alternate spelling in the US, and Raina, Rayna and Rena all sit nearby. Expect forms and rosters to arrive spelled some other way now and then.
- To anyone who speaks Spanish, the name reads as the plain word "queen" — not a hidden etymology but an everyday noun. Some families love that transparency; others find it more declarative than they want.
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Frequently asked
- How many Reinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 13,500 people named Reina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Reina?
- Reina is the most-used spelling in US records — 510 of the 1,003 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Reyna.
- How popular is the name Reina in 2025?
- Reina ranks #582 among US girl names in 2025, with 510 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Reina?
- About 1 in every 3,152 US girls born in 2025 was named Reina — 510 in all.
- Will my child share the name Reina with classmates?
- Reina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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