Reina
- Pronunciation
- [Rei-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Queen
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Reina
Reina descends from the Spanish word reina meaning "queen" — ultimately from the Latin regina. An alternate Hebrew etymology connects Reina to a Yiddish-Jewish name meaning "pure" or "clean." A third Japanese line connects Reina to reina meaning "clever."
Notable bearers include American basketball player Reina Maria Rodriguez; the contemporary American actress Reina King; the iconic Mexican-American singer Reina Hope; and the contemporary fictional Reina of various contemporary novels.
Reina's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2010 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. The name has been driven primarily by Spanish-American, Mexican-American, and Japanese-American naming. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the multi-cultural etymological flexibility (Spanish/Hebrew-Yiddish/Japanese), the in-built distinctive queen etymological register, and the compact two-syllable -ina ending family (Reina, Karina, Marina, Sabrina). Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to multi-cultural names. The name reads as both classical-multi-cultural and contemporary American. Common nicknames are scarce since the name is already short — Rei (the dominant short form, casual and warm) and the rare Reni each occasionally appear; the alternate spellings Reina, Reyna (Spanish alternate), and Raina have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Reina (essentially identical across Spanish/Italian/Japanese), Regina (Latin), Reine (French), and the original Latin regina.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Reina
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Reina by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2024 with 547 girls named Reina (girl rank #553 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #582 for girls (510 US births). That's 29 places below its 2024 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Reina Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Reina the strongest states are Nevada, Connecticut, California.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #464 | 33 |
| 2 | Connecticut | #498 | 44 |
| 3 | California | #545 | 606 |
| 4 | Florida | #546 | 307 |
| 5 | New York | #562 | 292 |
| 6 | Kansas | #566 | 19 |
| 7 | Arizona | #567 | 104 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | #587 | 33 |
| 9 | Indiana | #603 | 83 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #606 | 114 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Reina in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Reina to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Reina against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).