Regan
From the Irish surname O Riagain, descendant of Riagan, a byname thought to be based on ri, king. Shakespeare used the same spelling for a daughter in King Lear.
Regan in 2025
Regan was given to 97 babies in the United States in 2025 — 17 boys and 80 girls, making it the 3,619th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 34,179 babies born.
The history of Regan
Regan reached its highest point in 2001, when 810 babies were given the name, ranking 704th that year.
Across the 106 years of records since 1920, 20,053 babies have been named Regan. Half of them were born before 2000, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Regan by decade
| Decade | Babies named Regan | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | 9,373 |
| 1940s | 115 | 2,497 |
| 1950s | 474 | 2,207 |
| 1960s | 942 | 1,533 |
| 1970s | 1,944 | 1,017 |
| 1980s | 1,656 | 952 |
| 1990s | 4,482 | 778 |
| 2000s | 6,697 | 704 |
| 2010s | 2,994 | 1,229 |
| 2020s | 744 | 2,716 |
Where Regan is heading
Regan has fallen 69% over the past decade, from 312 babies in 2015 to 97 in 2025.
Names like Regan
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Regan.