Rex

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Rex is a male given name, short for Rexford or Reginald, derived from the Latin word rex, meaning "king". This is the etymological root word for king in several languages.

From Wikipedia

Rex first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 28 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2018 with 34 babies (rank #749 that year). In 2024 it was given to 25 boys (rank #1,030). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rex

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rex yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

512
Total babies (all years)
28
Years in the data
34
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199110#1,171
19927#1,526
199311#1,159
199510#1,316
19976#1,889
20007#1,735
20035#2,440
200410#1,505
200512#1,345
200610#1,610
200716#1,176
200810#1,731
200918#1,146
201025#908
201127#849
201221#1,032
201319#1,124
201421#1,040
201528#846
201623#995
201730#838
201834#749
201931#796
202020#1,148
202120#1,154
202225#989
202331#823
202425#1,030