Mostly girls · peaked in 2001
Regan name popularity since 1925
20,048 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Regan (81.3% girls, 18.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2000 or earlier, so the typical Regan is about 26 years old in 2026. Regan peaked in 2001 as the #391 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,048
- Named Regan, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,295 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 81.3% girls
- 16,307 girls · 3,741 boys
- Most popular in
- Kansas
- 2.24× its national share
Peak year is the year Regan made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Regan births per year, 1925–2025
2001 was the biggest year for Regan both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1980 and 1985, Regan's share of baby girls fell by 64%, from 1 in 5,910 to 1 in 16,500.
- Fastest rise: Between 1989 and 1994, it became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 13,500 baby girls to 1 in 4,890.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Regan's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Regan.
Decade by decade
Babies named Regan in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 42 | 73 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 163 | 311 | #2,531 |
| 1960s | 359 | 583 | #1,664 |
| 1970s | 1,425 | 519 | #681 |
| 1980s | 1,273 | 383 | #1,294 |
| 1990s | 3,912 | 570 | #579 |
| 2000s | 6,042 | 655 | #469 |
| 2010s | 2,500 | 494 | #1,024 |
| 2020–25 | 591 | 153 | #2,295 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
49.1% of babies named Regan from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Regan is most popular
The index compares Regan's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Regan.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 2.24× | 319 |
| Ohio | 1.56× | 1,003 |
| Texas | 1.42× | 1,561 |
| Washington | 1.42× | 332 |
| Indiana | 1.37× | 452 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Regan's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Regan.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Regan (2001).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data