Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rey*

#1,164 most common boys' name of all time · #2,768 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1915–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,164
Rank overall
#2,768 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
10,222
Since 2016
3,476
Peak year
2021 #764
Best rank
#755 2018
Girls Boys peak 394/yr
192019401960198020002020

Rey first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 24 262 286 #908
2024 20 304 324 #822
2023 31 318 349 #792
2022 53 320 373 #790
2021 66 328 394 #764
2020 85 257 342 #880
2019 42 287 329 #800
2018 66 314 380 #755
2017 76 303 379 #774
2016 63 257 320 #870
2015 242 242 #898
2014 245 245 #885
2013 229 229 #908
2012 225 225 #920
2011 212 212 #940
2010 249 249 #852
2009 232 232 #897
2008 247 247 #863
2007 215 215 #923
2006 236 236 #853
2005 199 199 #902
2004 170 170 #982
2003 173 173 #950
2002 177 177 #911
2001 155 155 #988
2000 151 151 #984
1999 149 149 #967
1998 137 137 #1,000
1997 120 120 #1,061
1996 119 119 #1,035
1995 113 113 #1,060
1994 101 101 #1,132
1993 109 109 #1,064
1992 90 90 #1,170
1991 112 112 #1,021
1990 98 98 #1,078
1989 80 80 #1,199
1988 78 78 #1,140
1987 66 66 #1,190
1986 75 75 #1,082
1985 69 69 #1,120
1984 61 61 #1,166
1983 60 60 #1,174
1982 53 53 #1,287
1981 71 71 #1,080
1980 46 46 #1,398
1979 59 59 #1,188
1978 50 50 #1,277
1977 48 48 #1,300
1976 52 52 #1,198
1975 50 50 #1,197
1974 52 52 #1,143
1973 46 46 #1,228
1972 53 53 #1,127
1971 51 51 #1,152
1970 45 45 #1,249
1969 46 46 #1,162
1968 35 35 #1,308
1967 40 40 #1,191
1966 26 26 #1,531
1965 37 37 #1,266
1964 51 51 #1,069
1963 56 56 #1,017
1962 46 46 #1,146
1961 50 50 #1,117
1960 54 54 #1,056
1959 49 49 #1,116
1958 42 42 #1,199
1957 32 32 #1,403
1956 32 32 #1,380
1955 30 30 #1,416
1954 21 21 #1,697
1953 28 28 #1,451
1952 24 24 #1,573
1951 19 19 #1,766
1950 20 20 #1,694
1949 22 22 #1,611
1948 17 17 #1,873
1947 8 8 #3,036
1946 18 18 #1,754
1945 16 16 #1,764
1944 8 8 #2,812
1943 15 15 #1,975
1942 12 12 #2,250
1941 7 7 #3,064
1940 11 11 #2,313
1939 6 6 #3,373
1938 15 15 #1,894
1937 10 10 #2,458
1935 8 8 #2,915
1934 10 10 #2,535
1933 13 13 #2,085
1932 13 13 #2,180
1931 14 14 #2,091
1930 6 6 #3,886
1929 10 10 #2,741
1928 14 14 #2,261
1927 8 8 #3,382
1926 6 6 #4,030
1925 9 9 #3,126
1924 6 6 #4,165
1923 11 11 #2,755
1922 5 5 #4,626
1921 5 5 #4,666
1920 8 8 #3,423
1919 5 5 #4,509
1918 5 5 #4,531
1917 5 5 #4,333
1916 7 7 #3,454
1915 5 5 #4,338