Regis
Boy · REE-jis · Latin
Regis is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the king”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Regis mean?
Latin: French surname, from Latin regis
“of the king”
St John Francis Regis (1597-1640) was a French Jesuit missionary whose name spread through Catholic families.
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Is Regis a girl's or a boy's name?
Regis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Regis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Regis, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 98 boys. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the boys named Regis in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Regis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 52 | #1,654 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,719 |
| 1990 | 67 | #1,356 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,344 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,492 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,676 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 37 | #1,400 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,351 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,131 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 58 | #989 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,151 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,116 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,025 |
| 1957 | 68 | #918 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1955 | 72 | #866 |
| 1954 | 67 | #901 |
| 1953 | 85 | #767 |
| 1952 | 66 | #862 |
| 1951 | 82 | #774 |
| 1950 | 72 | #799 |
| 1949 | 88 | #733 |
| 1948 | 82 | #743 |
| 1947 | 86 | #741 |
| 1946 | 91 | #676 |
| 1945 | 75 | #704 |
| 1944 | 79 | #698 |
| 1943 | 84 | #700 |
| 1942 | 93 | #667 |
| 1941 | 87 | #654 |
| 1940 | 73 | #711 |
| 1939 | 68 | #726 |
| 1938 | 73 | #715 |
| 1937 | 80 | #665 |
| 1936 | 79 | #660 |
| 1935 | 66 | #757 |
| 1934 | 80 | #678 |
| 1933 | 65 | #757 |
| 1932 | 71 | #739 |
| 1931 | 80 | #667 |
| 1930 | 72 | #749 |
| 1929 | 68 | #781 |
| 1928 | 69 | #779 |
| 1927 | 58 | #892 |
| 1926 | 67 | #803 |
| 1925 | 59 | #871 |
| 1924 | 57 | #925 |
| 1923 | 72 | #777 |
| 1922 | 87 | #698 |
| 1921 | 70 | #814 |
| 1920 | 72 | #785 |
| 1919 | 54 | #908 |
| 1918 | 62 | #831 |
| 1917 | 98 | #599 |
| 1916 | 64 | #763 |
| 1915 | 60 | #776 |
| 1914 | 51 | #734 |
| 1913 | 33 | #835 |
| 1912 | 26 | #876 |
| 1911 | 22 | #667 |
| 1910 | 14 | #822 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
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