# Regis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/regis/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹiːd͡ʒɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,536 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,193 / 343 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 7 | 5,267 |
| 1958 | 7 | 5,286 |
| 1960 | 6 | 6,232 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8,976 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,824 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,807 |
| 1982 | 6 | 10,140 |
| 1984 | 5 | 11,701 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,308 |
| 1986 | 6 | 10,539 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,914 |
| 1988 | 5 | 13,354 |
| 1990 | 5 | 14,667 |
| 1991 | 8 | 10,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | 15,558 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,945 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,940 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,971 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,638 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,915 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,647 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,676 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,628 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,525 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,216 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,685 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,610 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,640 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,642 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,509 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## People named Regis

- Regis Philbin, American television personality (1931–2020)
- Régis Debray, French writer and philosopher
- Regis Pitbull, Brazilian association football player
- Régis Wargnier, French film director
- Regis Felisberto Masarim, Brazilian association football player
- Régis Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Regis Toomey, American actor (1898–1991)
- Régis Le Bris, French football manager (born 1975)
- Régis Ovion, French cyclist
- Régis Laconi, French motorcycle racer
- Régis Genaux, Belgian football player/manager (1973-2008)
- Régis Clère, French road bicycle racer (1956–2012)

## 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.