How Many People Are Named Rey?
people named Rey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 35,602 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,222 babies named Rey in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
394 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rey, 5.5% were girls and 94.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Rey rose from 0% in the 1940s to 13.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rey alive today is about 20 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rey first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2021, to 394 babies. In 2025, 286 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #755, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #908.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #908 |
| Best rank | #755 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #861 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rey were born in California than in any other state: about 2,394 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rey was given 3.3 times as often in Texas, 2.6 times in California and 2.5 times in Arizona.
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