Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Rey” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rey” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rey” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rey” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rey” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rey” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rey” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rey” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 18 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 22 0.000006313 22 -100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 -100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 -100%
1952 24 0.000006319 24 -100%
1953 28 0.000007266 28 -100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 -100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 -100%
1956 32 0.000007761 32 -100%
1957 32 0.000007615 32 -100%
1958 42 0.00001016 42 -100%
1959 49 0.000011785 49 -100%
1960 54 0.000013 54 -100%
1961 50 0.000012071 50 -100%
1962 46 0.000011399 46 -100%
1963 56 0.000014148 56 -100%
1964 51 0.000013119 51 -100%
1965 37 0.000010206 37 -100%
1966 26 0.000007481 26 -100%
1967 40 0.000011782 40 -100%
1968 35 0.00001036 35 -100%
1969 46 0.000013236 46 -100%
1970 45 0.000012477 45 -100%
1971 51 0.000014859 51 -100%
1972 53 0.000016863 53 -100%
1973 46 0.000015248 46 -100%
1974 52 0.000017105 52 -100%
1975 50 0.00001656 50 -100%
1976 52 0.000017137 52 -100%
1977 48 0.000015111 48 -100%
1978 50 0.000015754 50 -100%
1979 59 0.000017734 59 -100%
1980 46 0.000013355 46 -100%
1981 70 0.000020235 70 -100%
1982 53 0.000015108 53 -100%
1983 60 0.000017324 60 -100%
1984 61 0.000017485 61 -100%
1985 69 0.000019333 69 -100%
1986 76 0.000021366 76 -100%
1987 66 0.000018305 66 -100%
1988 78 0.000021109 78 -100%
1989 80 0.000020809 80 -100%
1990 98 0.000024795 98 -100%
1991 112 0.000028753 112 -100%
1992 90 0.00002343 90 -100%
1993 109 0.00002891 109 -100%
1994 101 0.000027168 101 -100%
1995 113 0.000030856 113 -100%
1996 119 0.000032628 119 -100%
1997 120 0.000033097 120 -100%
1998 137 0.000037246 137 -100%
1999 149 0.000040337 149 -100%
2000 151 0.000039948 151 -100%
2001 155 0.000041406 155 -100%
2002 177 0.000047348 177 -100%
2003 173 0.000045499 173 -100%
2004 170 0.000044492 170 -100%
2005 199 0.000051758 199 -100%
2006 236 0.000059653 236 -100%
2007 215 0.000053781 215 -100%
2008 247 0.000062839 247 -100%
2009 232 0.00006073 232 -100%
2010 249 0.000067375 249 -100%
2011 212 0.000057958 212 -100%
2012 225 0.00006152 225 -100%
2013 229 0.000062814 229 -100%
2014 245 0.000066102 245 -100%
2015 242 0.000065389 242 -100%
2016 319 0.000086952 63 256 -61%
2017 379 0.000105979 76 303 -60%
2018 380 0.000108081 66 314 -65%
2019 329 0.000094787 42 287 -74%
2020 342 0.000102378 85 257 -50%
2021 394 0.000116295 66 328 -66%
2022 373 0.000110253 53 320 -72%
2023 348 0.000105098 31 317 -82%
2024 323 0.000097041 20 303 -88%

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