girls:
16.1k births since 1946
#1180 (79th percentile)
boys:
3.7k births since 1920
#2040 (56th percentile)
overall:
19.9k births since 1920
#1819 (76th percentile)
The name Regan is the #1,819 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 19,850 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 76.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,180 (79.4% percentile) for all time with 16,147 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #2,040 (55.5% percentile) for all time with 3,703 births since 1920.
Regan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 1946 for girls). Birth data for Regan is available in 79 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (79 years for boys and 78 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Regan has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 72.0% of babies named Regan were girls. Interestingly, until around 1971, the name was more popular for boys (62.6% boys from 1920 to 1970), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (85.2% girls from 1971 to 2023).
For girls, Regan reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 59.2% percentile (ranked #365) with 373 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 377 births per million (ranked 59.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2005, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Regan ranks #875 for girls (7.6% percentile) with 44 births per million, which is 11.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Regan reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 12.2% percentile (ranked #604) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 50 births per million (ranked 12.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Regan ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 33.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Regan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Regan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.5% confident that Regan is pronounced as REE-guhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is REH-guhn, at 15.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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