Reyna
Reyna was the 594th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 493 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 559th with 543 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 116 places. More babies were named Reyna in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning queen (Spanish) · Spanish, Latin
Say it RAY-nuh /ˈreɪnə/
- Rank in 2025
- #594 girls, down 4 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 493girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024543 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,679babies recorded
What does the name Reyna mean?
Reyna is an old Spanish spelling of reina, queen; Wiktionary traces it to Old Spanish reyna, from Latin regina. It is a Spanish surname and a girls' given name. Latin regina was itself used as a name: DMNES records Regina, "queen," in medieval France, Germany, Italy and England and lists a third-century French martyr of that name. Reina is the modern Spanish spelling of the word.
reyna (Old Spanish, “queen”)rēgīna (Latin, “queen”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Reina, Regina, Raina, Rayna.
See also: Spanish names, names that mean king or queen.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Reyna' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Regina', DMNES (Durham University)
Reyna popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 32 since 1983.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #594 | 493 |
| 2020 | #590 | 494 |
| 2010 | #771 | 356 |
| 2000 | #587 | 438 |
| 1990 | #726 | 288 |
| 1980 | #892 | 171 |
| 1970 | #1,716 | 54 |
| 1960 | #2,797 | 20 |
| 1950 | #2,752 | 15 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | #4,454 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,304 | 10 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Reyna, counting every spelling?
Reyna is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #421 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #594 for Reyna on its own. Together these spellings went to 780 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reyna | 493 | #594 | 2,597 |
| Raina | 287 | #916 | 1,430 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Reyna?
493 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Reyna (0.14 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Reyna born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 17 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Reyna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Reyna?
About 18,200 people born in the US named Reyna are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 10 and 31. That makes Reyna mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Reyna by state
How common Reyna was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (2.1×), Arkansas (1.8×), Nevada (1.7×), Texas (1.6×), Washington (1.6×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Mississippi, Iowa, Louisiana.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Reyna: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Reyna, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Reyna · Sibling names for Reyna
Questions about the name Reyna
What does Reyna mean?
Reyna means “queen (Spanish)” (Spanish, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Reyna?
Reyna was the 594th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 493 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 559th with 543 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 116 places. More babies were named Reyna in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Reyna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Reyna in the US.
Where is Reyna most popular?
In 2021–2025, Reyna was most common in Arizona (0.66 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and Nevada.