Regan vs Regena
American parents have registered 20,053 Regans since 1880, against 2,730 Regenas. Regan is still ahead, with 97 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Regan Regena
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 114 years in which either name was published, Regan for 65 years and Regena for 49 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Regan | Regena | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 20,053 | 2,730 |
| Most in one year | 810 | 85 |
| Babies in 2025 | 97 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 19,000 | 1,900 |
| Median age today | 24 | 62 |
| Peak year | 2001 | 1948 |
| Best rank | 391st girls | 939th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 2,276th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1920 | 1904 |
| Girls / boys | 16,307 / 3,746 | 2,730 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Regenas alive today are over 62; half the Regans are over 24. That is 38 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Regan Kansas (2.2×), Nebraska (1.6×), Ohio (1.6×)
- Regena Alabama (6.8×), Tennessee (4.7×), Arkansas (4.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Regan and Regena.