Regla

Girls' name

Rule

Regla has been given to 66 babies in the U.S. since 1963. 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 1974, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Regla, 1989

1 in 640,000

Regla 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Regla: meaning, origin, and history

Rule

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Regla means

Regla means “rule”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Regla is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈre.ɣla/ for Regla.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 66 girls were recorded with the name Regla between 1963 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1974; its best national rank was #7,243 in 1969.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Regla?

Regla had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1989, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1989: 1 in 640,000; 6 of 3,842,268 births
Among girls only: 1 in 307,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1989: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 443,877 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Regla 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 1989 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 443,877 children born in 1989 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Regla. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Reglas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Regla was born before 1974 — so the typical Regla is around 51 today.

Median birth year: 1974; About 51 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 40.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 92.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 66; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 40.9% of all recorded uses (27).

Is Regla 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 1974 (7)
Years since peak: 51; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 11.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,243; 1969

Spellings of Regla

Regla is not the most common spelling — Ella is, with 29.7% against Regla's <0.01%.

Ella29.7%351,313
Regina15.6%184,272
Bella7.1%83,721
Della6.0%70,810
Leila4.7%55,436
Eula4.0%47,159
Lela3.6%43,005
Rena3.3%39,124

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.

Regla 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: #7,243; 1969
Peak year: 1974; 7 that year
First recorded: 1963
Last recorded: 1989
All-time count: 66
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Regla

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

Regana Regnia Regal Regene Regann Reggie Regis Regen Regeana Reginna Regenna Regin Regna Regeina Tangla Reganne Reggina Anegla Reginae Angla Reggan Reghan Regine Regginae

Sibling names for Regla

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

Kesha Latricia Stephenie Tawana Joleen Danelle Joey Shanda

For a brother

Demond Erin Giuseppe Abdul Andrea Jamey Chadwick Torrey

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