Rex
Last seen for girls in 1984 at #9,144 · #859 for boys in 2025, 281 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1951 · 1,503 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 60,449since 1880
Rex over time
Rank among boys' names. Rex has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #859 | 281 | |
| 2024 | — | #785 | 320 | |
| 2023 | — | #721 | 368 | |
| 2022 | — | #696 | 380 | |
| 2021 | — | #698 | 380 | |
| 2020 | — | #681 | 377 | |
| 2019 | — | #651 | 410 | |
| 2018 | — | #631 | 421 | |
| 2017 | — | #607 | 434 | |
| 2016 | — | #631 | 423 | |
| 2015 | — | #679 | 374 | |
| 2014 | — | #661 | 389 | |
| 2013 | — | #630 | 391 | |
| 2012 | — | #631 | 385 | |
| 2011 | — | #618 | 386 | |
| 2010 | — | #703 | 332 | |
| 2009 | — | #755 | 303 | |
| 2008 | — | #799 | 274 | |
| 2007 | — | #874 | 236 | |
| 2006 | — | #809 | 252 | |
| 2005 | — | #808 | 237 | |
| 2004 | — | #930 | 182 | |
| 2003 | — | #913 | 182 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,008 | 154 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,178 | 116 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,208 | 112 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,017 | 137 | |
| 1998 | — | #931 | 151 | |
| 1997 | — | #904 | 152 | |
| 1996 | — | #935 | 139 | |
| 1995 | — | #862 | 157 | |
| 1994 | — | #822 | 167 | |
| 1993 | — | #794 | 178 | |
| 1992 | — | #716 | 207 | |
| 1991 | — | #683 | 220 | |
| 1990 | — | #662 | 232 | |
| 1989 | — | #668 | 224 | |
| 1988 | — | #595 | 247 | |
| 1987 | — | #599 | 231 | |
| 1986 | — | #585 | 232 | |
| 1985 | — | #544 | 261 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #536 | 258 |
| 1983 | — | #532 | 246 | |
| 1982 | — | #524 | 265 | |
| 1981 | — | #515 | 268 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #488 | 300 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #525 | 260 |
| 1978 | — | #512 | 255 | |
| 1977 | — | #473 | 291 | |
| 1976 | — | #467 | 283 | |
| 1975 | — | #469 | 296 | |
| 1974 | — | #465 | 297 | |
| 1973 | — | #433 | 324 | |
| 1972 | — | #407 | 373 | |
| 1971 | — | #369 | 473 | |
| 1970 | — | #362 | 507 | |
| 1969 | — | #361 | 478 | |
| 1968 | — | #339 | 515 | |
| 1967 | — | #306 | 581 | |
| 1966 | — | #275 | 718 | |
| 1965 | — | #264 | 787 | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #247 | 957 |
| 1963 | — | #244 | 983 | |
| 1962 | — | #227 | 1,133 | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #219 | 1,269 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #214 | 1,314 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #216 | 1,283 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #213 | 1,243 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #203 | 1,326 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #193 | 1,452 |
| 1955 | — | #191 | 1,400 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #189 | 1,380 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #188 | 1,345 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #174 | 1,498 |
| 1951 | — | #170 | 1,503 | |
| 1950 | — | #196 | 1,069 | |
| 1949 | — | #207 | 959 | |
| 1948 | — | #210 | 904 | |
| 1947 | — | #220 | 846 | |
| 1946 | — | #236 | 662 | |
| 1945 | — | #269 | 486 | |
| 1944 | — | #234 | 574 | |
| 1943 | — | #234 | 614 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #256 | 521 |
| 1941 | — | #231 | 558 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #227 | 547 |
| 1939 | — | #216 | 564 | |
| 1938 | — | #202 | 628 | |
| 1937 | — | #203 | 601 | |
| 1936 | — | #201 | 612 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #197 | 647 |
| 1934 | — | #197 | 631 | |
| 1933 | — | #194 | 626 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #213 | 580 |
| 1931 | — | #227 | 520 | |
| 1930 | — | #234 | 540 | |
| 1929 | — | #252 | 492 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #242 | 519 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #250 | 518 |
| 1926 | — | #239 | 552 | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #238 | 553 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #229 | 589 |
| 1923 | — | #225 | 584 | |
| 1922 | — | #214 | 615 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #226 | 591 |
| 1920 | — | #209 | 614 | |
| 1919 | — | #231 | 523 | |
| 1918 | — | #235 | 509 | |
| 1917 | — | #229 | 471 | |
| 1916 | — | #230 | 461 | |
| 1915 | — | #242 | 401 | |
| 1914 | — | #233 | 334 | |
| 1913 | — | #240 | 243 | |
| 1912 | — | #278 | 164 | |
| 1911 | — | #291 | 82 | |
| 1910 | — | #304 | 65 | |
| 1909 | — | #268 | 68 | |
| 1908 | — | #265 | 64 | |
| 1907 | — | #307 | 48 | |
| 1906 | — | #253 | 61 | |
| 1905 | — | #295 | 46 | |
| 1904 | — | #351 | 33 | |
| 1903 | — | #290 | 43 | |
| 1902 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1901 | — | #334 | 29 | |
| 1900 | — | #267 | 59 | |
| 1899 | — | #331 | 29 | |
| 1898 | — | #298 | 39 | |
| 1897 | — | #331 | 31 | |
| 1896 | — | #315 | 35 | |
| 1895 | — | #310 | 34 | |
| 1894 | — | #322 | 30 | |
| 1893 | — | #359 | 25 | |
| 1892 | — | #357 | 28 | |
| 1891 | — | #349 | 24 | |
| 1890 | — | #316 | 30 | |
| 1889 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1888 | — | #349 | 28 | |
| 1887 | — | #311 | 28 | |
| 1886 | — | #332 | 26 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #505 | 13 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rex was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rex
- 74 spots since 2024 (#785 → #859)
- 178 spots since 2020 (#681 → #859)
- 180 spots since 2015 (#679 → #859)
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1882 (#706 → #514)
- Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1881 (#505 → #706)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1951 at #170 (1,503 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1880–1998
- Highest: 1 in 1,253 boys born in 1951 were named Rex (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,079 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 22.3% of all boys named Rex (13,499) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 183 | #311 (1887) | #451 |
| 1890s | 305 | #298 (1898) | #329 |
| 1900s | 497 | #253 (1906) | #291 |
| 1910s | 3,253 | #229 (1917) | #251 |
| 1920s | 5,627 | #209 (1920) | #232 |
| 1930s | 5,949 | #194 (1933) | #208 |
| 1940s | 6,671 | #207 (1949) | #232 |
| 1950s | 13,499 | #170 (1951) | #193 |
| 1960s | 8,735 | #214 (1960) | #270 |
| 1970s | 3,359 | #362 (1970) | #448 |
| 1980s | 2,532 | #488 (1980) | #559 |
| 1990s | 1,740 | #662 (1990) | #833 |
| 2000s | 2,048 | #755 (2009) | #928 |
| 2010s | 3,945 | #607 (2017) | #644 |
| 2020s | 2,106 | #681 (2020) | #740 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rex in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 229,324 of them was named Rex, which outranked 32.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 6,621 of them was named Rex, which outranked 92.6% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.