Masculine dossier · first seen 1915

Rey

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Rey
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

328

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1915Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

7.6%

2024

303

All-time

9,431

Rey has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 328 boys were named Rey.

In 2024, only 303 boys were given the name.

Down 7.6% from its peak.

All told, about 9,431 Americans have been named Rey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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