Rex

Where Rex comes from

From Latin rēx (“king”). Doublet of rajah and roy.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rex
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys — 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Rex Stout born
    American writer
  3. 1951
    Peak, #170
    1,503 babies named Rex — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1952
    Rex Tillerson born
    69th United States Secretary of State
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #275.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
Namesakes
  • Rex Tillerson · 69th United States Secretary of State, born 1952
  • Rex Stout · American writer, 1886–1975
  • Rex Linn · American actor, born 1956
  • Rex J. Walheim · American astronaut, born 1962
  • Rex Brown · American bassist, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.