Rey
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · #906 for boys in 2025, 262 births
Given to boys 94.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 314 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,696since 1915
Rey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,238 | 24 | #906 | 262 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | #822 | 304 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | #792 | 318 |
| 2022 | #3,073 | 53 | #788 | 320 |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 | #764 | 328 |
| 2020 | #2,135 | 85 | #879 | 257 |
| 2019 | #3,611 | 42 | #799 | 287 |
| 2018 | #2,610 | 66 | #751 | 314 |
| 2017 | #2,384 | 76 | #773 | 303 |
| 2016 | #2,739 | 63 | #870 | 257 |
| 2015 | — | #897 | 242 | |
| 2014 | — | #884 | 245 | |
| 2013 | — | #907 | 229 | |
| 2012 | — | #920 | 225 | |
| 2011 | — | #937 | 212 | |
| 2010 | — | #851 | 249 | |
| 2009 | — | #896 | 232 | |
| 2008 | — | #861 | 247 | |
| 2007 | — | #919 | 215 | |
| 2006 | — | #851 | 236 | |
| 2005 | — | #902 | 199 | |
| 2004 | — | #981 | 170 | |
| 2003 | — | #946 | 173 | |
| 2002 | — | #910 | 177 | |
| 2001 | — | #987 | 155 | |
| 2000 | — | #983 | 151 | |
| 1999 | — | #966 | 149 | |
| 1998 | — | #999 | 137 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,058 | 120 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,030 | 119 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,053 | 113 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,128 | 101 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,060 | 109 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,162 | 90 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,017 | 112 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,072 | 98 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,197 | 80 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,130 | 78 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,188 | 66 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,075 | 75 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,116 | 69 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,166 | 61 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,166 | 60 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,278 | 53 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,077 | 71 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,177 | 59 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,272 | 50 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,289 | 48 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,190 | 52 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,191 | 50 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,135 | 52 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,223 | 46 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,120 | 53 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,150 | 51 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,238 | 45 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,152 | 46 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,181 | 40 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,510 | 26 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,059 | 51 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,012 | 56 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,137 | 46 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,108 | 50 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,045 | 54 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,101 | 49 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,186 | 42 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,388 | 32 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,362 | 32 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,396 | 30 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,668 | 21 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,427 | 28 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,547 | 24 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,657 | 20 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,583 | 22 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rey! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1936, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rey is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#379 · 1 in 1,456
- California#473 · 1 in 2,748
- Nevada#494 · 1 in 2,373
- Texas#533 · 1 in 3,134
- Arizona#583 · 1 in 3,196
Best ever in a state: #309 in New Mexico, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #379 | 5 | 1 in 1,456 |
| California | #473 | 69 | 1 in 2,748 |
| Nevada | #494 | 5 | 1 in 2,373 |
| Texas | #533 | 54 | 1 in 3,134 |
| Arizona | #583 | 10 | 1 in 3,196 |
| Colorado | #660 | 7 | 1 in 3,586 |
| Massachusetts | #714 | 5 | 1 in 5,369 |
| Illinois | #809 | 10 | 1 in 5,464 |
| Maryland | #810 | 5 | 1 in 5,013 |
| Florida | #887 | 14 | 1 in 6,444 |
| North Carolina | #945 | 7 | 1 in 6,992 |
| Tennessee | #964 | 5 | 1 in 6,815 |
| Georgia | #1,150 | 6 | 1 in 8,379 |
| New York | #1,399 | 7 | 1 in 12,521 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rey
- 84 spots since 2024 (#822 → #906)
- 27 spots since 2020 (#879 → #906)
- 9 spots since 2015 (#897 → #906)
- Biggest jump: 115 spots in 2021 (#879 → #764)
- Biggest drop: 86 spots in 2011 (#851 → #937)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2018 at #751 (314 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Highest: 1 in 5,334 boys born in 2021 were named Rey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,519 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #751 in 2018, was only 1 in 5,784 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.4% of all boys named Rey (2,563) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 27 | #3,177 (1916) | #3,866 |
| 1920s | 82 | #2,162 (1928) | #3,286 |
| 1930s | 95 | #1,818 (1938) | #2,452 |
| 1940s | 134 | #1,583 (1949) | #2,139 |
| 1950s | 297 | #1,101 (1959) | #1,446 |
| 1960s | 441 | #1,012 (1963) | #1,174 |
| 1970s | 506 | #1,120 (1972) | #1,199 |
| 1980s | 659 | #1,075 (1986) | #1,178 |
| 1990s | 1,148 | #966 (1999) | #1,055 |
| 2000s | 1,955 | #851 (2006) | #924 |
| 2010s | 2,563 | #751 (2018) | #859 |
| 2020s | 1,789 | #764 (2021) | #825 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rey in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 19,018 of them was named Rey, which outranked 87.8% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,115Renley86
- #2,115Samaya86
- #2,115Samia86
- #2,135Rey85
- #2,135Aditi85
- #2,135Annalisa85
- #2,135Ariyana85
- #2,156Anaisha84
- #2,156Analiyah84
- #2,156Anjali84
Tied with 20 names at #2,135; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 6,716 of them was named Rey, which outranked 93.7% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #875Camilo258
- #875Mordechai258
- #875Ulises258
- #879Rey257
- #879Jaxx257
- #879Stefan257
- #882Blaine256
- #882Jakari256
- #882Jakob256
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.