NameTides

Rey

Rey was the #906 boys' name in the US in 2025 (262 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales.

Rey as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Rey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Rey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#906 (262)#2,952 (7)——
2024#822 (304)#2,444 (9)—#2,439 (7)
2023#792 (318)#2,814 (7)——
2022#788 (320)#2,019 (11)—#1,759 (10)
2021#764 (328)#2,493 (8)—#2,812 (5)
2020#879 (257)#1,935 (11)—#1,838 (9)
2019#799 (287)#1,869 (12)—#2,756 (5)
2018#751 (314)#2,693 (7)——
2017#773 (303)#2,172 (10)#415 (3)#2,439 (6)
2016#870 (257)#2,556 (8)—#2,428 (6)
2015#897 (242)#2,707 (7)—#2,387 (6)
2014#884 (245)#3,362 (5)——
2013#907 (229)#3,822 (4)—#2,606 (5)
2012#920 (225)——#2,368 (6)
2011#937 (212)#3,830 (4)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #764.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Rey were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rey is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,800 to 1 in 7,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rey by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #472CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #455TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Rey (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ReyCanadaGirls—too few
ReyCanadaBoys—too few
ReyEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
ReyEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
ReyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ReyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ReyScotlandGirls—too few
ReyUSGirls#5,23824
ReyUSBoys#906262