Regis
Regis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 601st, in 1917.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191798 births
- Best rank
- #601in 1917
- Since 1897
- 5,528people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,185 boys have been named Regis in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 98 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1940s alone account for 16%. It has spent 49 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 343 girls have also been given it, 6.2% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Regis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 48 | |
| 1910s | 484 | |
| 1920s | 679 | |
| 1930s | 734 | |
| 1940s | 838 | |
| 1950s | 667 | |
| 1960s | 441 | |
| 1970s | 257 | |
| 1980s | 401 | |
| 1990s | 331 | |
| 2000s | 136 | |
| 2010s | 112 | |
| 2020s | 52 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Regis was the 601st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1917 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Regis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wymanpeak 1922
- Lenwoodpeak 1949
- Sherwoodpeak 1938
- Reynoldpeak 1922
- Harrellpeak 1947
- Garvinpeak 1921
- Phillipspeak 1949
- Wardellpeak 1950
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.