Rex

Where Rex comes from

From Latin rēx (“king”). Doublet of rajah and roy.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rex
  • 1 syllable
Rex through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys, with 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Rex Stout born
    American writer
  3. 1951
    Peak, #170
    1,503 babies named Rex, the most in any year.
  4. 1952
    Rex Tillerson born
    69th United States Secretary of State
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #275.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
Namesakes
  • Rex Tillerson · 69th United States Secretary of State, born 1952
  • Rex Stout · American writer, 1886–1975
  • Rex Linn · American actor, born 1956
  • Rex J. Walheim · American astronaut, born 1962
  • Rex Brown · American bassist, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.