#8212024 rank
2021peak year
8,680babies named Rey since 1880
▲ +6%5-year trend
Rey popularity over 145 years
💎 Rare find · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Rey mean?
Spanish for 'king', from Latin rex. It gained fresh energy through the Star Wars heroine Rey, and also serves as a short form of Reynaldo.
OriginSpanish
Syllables1
Genderboy
Stylemodern, mythic
Names like Rey
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Famous Reys
Spellings & variants
Rei
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