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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |