Regan Boy & girl
How popular is Regan?
#2,276 girl name in 2025
80 baby girls were named Regan in the US in 2025, making it the 2276th most popular girl name. Another 17 boys got the name (#5,397 for boys).
Regan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,276 for girls (▲ 71 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 80 girls, 17 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-69% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,018 in 2015, #1,721 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (747 girls) |
| Highest rank | #391 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 20% boys, 80% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Regan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Reagan family of names ranked #254 for girls in 2025 (#240 the year before), with 1,335 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Regan is most popular
Babies named Regan per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Regan by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 42 | #2,827 |
| 1950s | 163 | #2,248 |
| 1960s | 359 | #1,610 |
| 1970s | 1,425 | #679 |
| 1980s | 1,273 | #650 |
| 1990s | 3,912 | #431 |
| 2000s | 6,042 | #391 |
| 2010s | 2,500 | #722 |
| 2020s | 591 | #1,720 |
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Questions
- Is Regan a boy or girl name?
- Regan is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 20% of babies named Regan were boys and 80% were girls.
- How popular is the name Regan?
- 80 baby girls were named Regan in the US in 2025, making it the 2276th most popular girl name. Another 17 boys got the name (#5,397 for boys).
- When was Regan most popular?
- Regan peaked in 2001, when 747 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #391 in 2001.
- How many people are named Regan?
- 20,053 babies have been named Regan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,400 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Regan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Regan was most common in Ohio, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.