girls:
482 births since 2016
#5234 (8th percentile)
boys:
9.1k births since 1915
#1236 (73rd percentile)
overall:
9.6k births since 1915
#2742 (65th percentile)
The name Rey is the #2,742 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,606 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 64.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 64.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,236 (73.0% percentile) for all time with 9,124 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,234 (8.4% percentile) for all time with 482 births since 2016.
Rey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 2016 for girls). Birth data for Rey is available in 108 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (108 years for boys and 8 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rey has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.0% of babies named Rey were boys.
For boys, Rey reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 33.3% percentile (ranked #621) with 175 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 175 births per million (ranked 33.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1980, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rey is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #615 (32.5% percentile) with 171 births per million.
For girls, Rey reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 8.5% percentile (ranked #860) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 48 births per million (ranked 8.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rey ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 36.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rey".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Rey", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 9 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ray" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ray..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.4% confident that Rey is pronounced as ray, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ree, at 11.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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