Regin

Girls' name

From Old Norse regin; literal meaning unconfirmed

Regin has been given to 7 babies in the U.S. since 1997. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1997, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Regin, 1997

1 in 518,000

Regin over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Regin: meaning, origin, and history

From Old Norse regin; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Regin means

Regin is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Regin is used in Faroese.

Regin comes through Old Norse regin.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Faroese, Regin is pronounced /ˈɹeːjɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7 girls were recorded with the name Regin between 1997 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1997; its best national rank was #11,780 in 1997.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Regin?

Regin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1997, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1997: 1 in 518,000; 7 of 3,624,676 births
Among girls only: 1 in 249,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1997: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 358,920 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Regin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1997 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 358,920 children born in 1997 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Regin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Regins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Regin was born before 1997 — so the typical Regin is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Regin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1997 (7)
Years since peak: 28; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #11,780; 1997

Spellings of Regin

Regin is not the most common spelling — Megan is, with 30.3% against Regin's <0.01%.

Megan30.3%440,065
Erin21.8%316,575
Robin20.1%291,961
Regina12.7%184,272
Reagan4.5%65,739
Raegan1.7%25,214
Remi1.6%22,881
Devin1.2%17,556

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Regin around the world

Where Regin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1982–1982
#670
in 1982

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Regin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,780; 1997
Peak year: 1997; 7 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 1997
All-time count: 7
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Regin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Regna Regen Reggan Regal Ragin Regetta Login Reginal Reginea Regla Bergin Emagin Imogin Riggin Regann Reggina Regeina Gin Regginae Meagin Regnia Regana Regenna Elgin

Sibling names for Regin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Dasia Yasmeen Bryana Star Iman Cydney Kalie Starr

For a brother

Samual Stephon Austyn Claudio Demarco Marquez Dontae Deion

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