# Regina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/regina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “queen” |
| Pronunciation | /ɹɪˈd͡ʒiːnə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Reggie, Gina |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 184,835 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 563 / 184,272 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 265, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”). The given name originally referred to the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven. The Canadian city was named for Queen Victoria, as suggested by Princess Louise. Doublet of rani.

## What it means

Regina is grouped under queen.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 523 | 558 |
| 2012 | 509 | 576 |
| 2013 | 503 | 574 |
| 2014 | 589 | 525 |
| 2015 | 608 | 516 |
| 2016 | 735 | 439 |
| 2017 | 766 | 416 |
| 2018 | 762 | 406 |
| 2019 | 754 | 418 |
| 2020 | 710 | 432 |
| 2021 | 738 | 426 |
| 2022 | 910 | 349 |
| 2023 | 940 | 329 |
| 2024 | 911 | 342 |
| 2025 | 786 | 395 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 3,221 |
| 1977 | 20 | 2,336 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,936 |
| 1979 | 14 | 3,129 |
| 1980 | 14 | 3,213 |
| 1981 | 9 | 4,413 |
| 1982 | 11 | 3,899 |
| 1983 | 6 | 6,058 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,873 |
| 1985 | 12 | 3,757 |
| 1987 | 9 | 4,876 |
| 1988 | 6 | 7,060 |
| 1989 | 12 | 4,468 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,904 |
| 1991 | 6 | 8,023 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مَلِكَة
- Bulgarian: Реги́на
- Czech: Regina, Regína
- Danish: Regine
- Estonian: Regina
- Finnish: Regina
- French: Régine, Reine
- German: Regina, Regine
- Japanese: レジーナ
- Korean: 레지나
- Latvian: Regīna
- Norwegian: Regine
- Polish: Regina
- Portuguese: Regina
- Russian: Реги́на
- Spanish: Reina
- Swedish: Regina

## People named Regina

- Regina King, American actress and director (born 1971)
- Regina Spektor, American musician
- Elis Regina, Brazilian singer of popular and jazz music (1945–1982)
- Regina Hall, American actress (born 1970)
- Regina Duarte, Brazilian actress
- Regina Jonas, first woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1902–1944)
- Regina, Crown Princess of Austria, Austrian Imperial and Royal (1925–2010)
- Regina Taylor, American actress and playwright
- Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter (1915–1999)
- Regina Resnik, American opera singer (1922–2013)
- Regina Belle, American singer
- Fanta Régina Nacro, Burkinabé film director

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.