Rey
Rey is ranked 821st among boys in 2024 (303 births). Its best rank was 753rd, in 2018.
- Rank in 2024
- #821down 29 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3030.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021328 births
- Best rank
- #753in 2018
- Since 1915
- 9,933people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,431 boys have been named Rey in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 328 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 27%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 502 girls have also been given it, 5.1% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 27 | |
| 1920s | 82 | |
| 1930s | 95 | |
| 1940s | 134 | |
| 1950s | 297 | |
| 1960s | 441 | |
| 1970s | 506 | |
| 1980s | 659 | |
| 1990s | 1,148 | |
| 2000s | 1,955 | |
| 2010s | 2,562 | |
| 2020s | 1,525 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Rey was the 764th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Rey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Chaimpeak 2022
- Moshepeak 2023
- Shlomopeak 2024
- Leonelpeak 2024
- Torinpeak 2018
- Mikaelpeak 2023
- Mordechaipeak 2018
- Efraimpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.