Regina
The story
Regina is the Latin word for queen, worn plainly and without apology. For centuries it was above all a religious name, a title of the Virgin Mary, who is hailed as Regina Caeli, queen of heaven, in one of the oldest hymns of the Church. That gave it a devotional weight alongside its obvious regal one. It has been carried by saints and by the occasional real queen, and it lends itself to the soft nicknames Gina and Reggie. In the United States Regina was a mid-century favorite and reads as current again now, riding the return of vintage names ending in a. Stately but never cold, it means exactly what it says. To name a daughter Regina is to call her queen every single day, a small daily coronation folded into an ordinary name.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Regina peaked in the 1950s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
219,074 people · the #145 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 927 · median age 56
Among people named Regina living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 263 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Regina
People given the name Regina in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Regina deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Regina truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Regina fits with your family’s names and surname.
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