Regena vs Regenia
American parents have registered 2,730 Regenas since 1880, against 2,626 Regenias. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Regena Regenia
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 87 years in which either name was published, Regena for 57 years and Regenia for 30 years. The lead changed hands 23 times.
- 1904–1938 Regena ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1941–1965 Regenia ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1966–2008 Regena ahead, apart from 2 short spells
14 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Regena | Regenia | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,730 | 2,626 |
| Most in one year | 85 | 125 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,900 | 1,900 |
| Median age today | 62 | 66 |
| Peak year | 1948 | 1948 |
| Best rank | 939th girls | 764th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1904 | 1890 |
| Girls / boys | 2,730 / 0 | 2,626 / 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 Regenias alive today are over 66; half the Regenas are over 62. That is 4 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Regena Alabama (6.8×), Tennessee (4.7×), Arkansas (4.6×)
- Regenia Alabama (7.7×), Tennessee (6.6×), Mississippi (5.0×)
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: Regena and Regenia.