Meaning not yet researched.
Rex: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 281 in 2025. Its best rank was #170 in 1951.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #170 in 1951; #859 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rex in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#859 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1951, at #170.
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Rex: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 281 boys in 2025. Peak: #170 in 1951 · most boys in one year: 1,503 (1951).
In 2025, 281 US boys were named Rex, making it the 859th most common boys’ name of the year, down 72 places from #787 in 2024. That is 39 fewer than the 320 boys named Rex in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #170, reached in 1951. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,503. For comparison, it was #680 in 2015 and #196 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rex in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 13 babies with the name. In all, 60,590 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 13,543 babies named Rex.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,794 US boys were named Rex; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 434. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,079 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rex ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #368 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Reaux and Rix are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Reaux (16), Rix (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Rex in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 27 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 13 | #368 | #390 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #543 | — |
| Arizona | 12 | #590 | #657 |
| Indiana | 11 | #614 | #568 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #629 | #700 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #673 | — |
| California | 40 | #695 | #587 |
| Washington | 9 | #720 | #458 |
| Alabama | 6 | #747 | — |
| Missouri | 7 | #772 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #792 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #830 | #624 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #849 | — |
| Florida | 17 | #877 | #901 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #878 | #695 |
| Texas | 27 | #929 | #547 |
| Michigan | 7 | #979 | #799 |
| Ohio | 8 | #995 | #893 |
| Illinois | 8 | #996 | #770 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,019 | #811 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,216 | #1,108 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,248 | #968 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,393 | #788 |
| New York | 7 | #1,537 | #691 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 281 | #859 |
| 2024 | — | — | 320 | #787 |
| 2023 | — | — | 368 | #722 |
| 2022 | — | — | 380 | #697 |
| 2021 | — | — | 380 | #698 |
| 2020 | — | — | 377 | #683 |
| 2019 | — | — | 410 | #651 |
| 2018 | — | — | 421 | #631 |
| 2017 | — | — | 434 | #607 |
| 2016 | — | — | 423 | #633 |
| 2015 | — | — | 374 | #680 |
| 2014 | — | — | 389 | #661 |
| 2013 | — | — | 391 | #630 |
| 2012 | — | — | 385 | #631 |
| 2011 | — | — | 386 | #618 |
| 2010 | — | — | 332 | #704 |
| 2009 | — | — | 303 | #756 |
| 2008 | — | — | 274 | #801 |
| 2007 | — | — | 236 | #875 |
| 2006 | — | — | 252 | #810 |
| 2005 | — | — | 237 | #808 |
| 2004 | — | — | 182 | #933 |
| 2003 | — | — | 182 | #916 |
| 2002 | — | — | 154 | #1,011 |
| 2001 | — | — | 116 | #1,184 |
| 2000 | — | — | 112 | #1,213 |
| 1999 | — | — | 137 | #1,017 |
| 1998 | — | — | 151 | #938 |
| 1997 | — | — | 152 | #905 |
| 1996 | — | — | 139 | #941 |
| 1995 | — | — | 157 | #869 |
| 1994 | — | — | 167 | #826 |
| 1993 | — | — | 178 | #795 |
| 1992 | — | — | 207 | #718 |
| 1991 | — | — | 220 | #684 |
| 1990 | — | — | 232 | #664 |
| 1989 | — | — | 224 | #670 |
| 1988 | — | — | 247 | #596 |
| 1987 | — | — | 231 | #600 |
| 1986 | — | — | 232 | #585 |
| 1985 | — | — | 261 | #545 |
| 1984 | 6 | #10,052 | 258 | #537 |
| 1983 | — | — | 246 | #533 |
| 1982 | — | — | 265 | #525 |
| 1981 | — | — | 268 | #517 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,690 | 300 | #488 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,737 | 260 | #525 |
| 1978 | — | — | 255 | #512 |
| 1977 | — | — | 291 | #473 |
| 1976 | — | — | 283 | #467 |
| 1975 | — | — | 296 | #469 |
| 1974 | — | — | 297 | #466 |
| 1973 | — | — | 324 | #434 |
| 1972 | — | — | 373 | #408 |
| 1971 | — | — | 473 | #370 |
| 1970 | — | — | 507 | #362 |
| 1969 | — | — | 478 | #362 |
| 1968 | — | — | 515 | #339 |
| 1967 | — | — | 581 | #306 |
| 1966 | — | — | 718 | #275 |
| 1965 | — | — | 787 | #264 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,879 | 957 | #247 |
| 1963 | — | — | 983 | #245 |
| 1962 | — | — | 1,133 | #227 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,476 | 1,269 | #219 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,239 | 1,314 | #214 |
| 1959 | 5 | #7,012 | 1,283 | #216 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,809 | 1,243 | #213 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,273 | 1,326 | #203 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,811 | 1,452 | #193 |
| 1955 | — | — | 1,400 | #191 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,440 | 1,380 | #189 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,532 | 1,345 | #188 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,830 | 1,498 | #174 |
| 1951 | — | — | 1,503 | #170 |
| 1950 | — | — | 1,069 | #196 |
| 1949 | — | — | 959 | #207 |
| 1948 | — | — | 904 | #210 |
| 1947 | — | — | 846 | #220 |
| 1946 | — | — | 662 | #236 |
| 1945 | — | — | 486 | #269 |
| 1944 | — | — | 574 | #234 |
| 1943 | — | — | 614 | #235 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,531 | 521 | #257 |
| 1941 | — | — | 558 | #231 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,897 | 547 | #228 |
| 1939 | — | — | 564 | #216 |
| 1938 | — | — | 628 | #202 |
| 1937 | — | — | 601 | #203 |
| 1936 | — | — | 612 | #201 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,122 | 647 | #198 |
| 1934 | — | — | 631 | #197 |
| 1933 | — | — | 626 | #194 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,324 | 580 | #213 |
| 1931 | — | — | 520 | #227 |
| 1930 | — | — | 540 | #235 |
| 1929 | — | — | 492 | #252 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,616 | 519 | #242 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,811 | 518 | #251 |
| 1926 | — | — | 552 | #239 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,610 | 553 | #238 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,743 | 589 | #229 |
| 1923 | — | — | 584 | #225 |
| 1922 | — | — | 615 | #216 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,717 | 591 | #226 |
| 1920 | — | — | 614 | #210 |
| 1919 | — | — | 523 | #232 |
| 1918 | — | — | 509 | #235 |
| 1917 | — | — | 471 | #230 |
| 1916 | — | — | 461 | #231 |
| 1915 | — | — | 401 | #243 |
| 1914 | — | — | 334 | #233 |
| 1913 | — | — | 243 | #242 |
| 1912 | — | — | 164 | #279 |
| 1911 | — | — | 82 | #294 |
| 1910 | — | — | 65 | #309 |
| 1909 | — | — | 68 | #273 |
| 1908 | — | — | 64 | #268 |
| 1907 | — | — | 48 | #309 |
| 1906 | — | — | 61 | #255 |
| 1905 | — | — | 46 | #298 |
| 1904 | — | — | 33 | #352 |
| 1903 | — | — | 43 | #291 |
| 1902 | — | — | 46 | #280 |
| 1901 | — | — | 29 | #346 |
| 1900 | — | — | 59 | #268 |
| 1899 | — | — | 29 | #335 |
| 1898 | — | — | 39 | #304 |
| 1897 | — | — | 31 | #337 |
| 1896 | — | — | 35 | #322 |
| 1895 | — | — | 34 | #314 |
| 1894 | — | — | 30 | #330 |
| 1893 | — | — | 25 | #366 |
| 1892 | — | — | 28 | #368 |
| 1891 | — | — | 24 | #358 |
| 1890 | — | — | 30 | #320 |
| 1889 | — | — | 23 | #377 |
| 1888 | — | — | 28 | #351 |
| 1887 | — | — | 28 | #319 |
| 1886 | — | — | 26 | #335 |
| 1885 | — | — | 17 | #456 |
| 1884 | — | — | 13 | #540 |
| 1883 | — | — | 15 | #476 |
| 1882 | — | — | 13 | #537 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #768 |
| 1880 | — | — | 13 | #519 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).