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Rex

Pronounced /ɹɛks/

Rank in 2024
#791
Born in 2024
316
Peak year
1951 · #170
Origin
Latin

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 316 boys were named Rex, about 1 in every 5,428.
  • It peaked in 1951 with 1,503 babies, ranked #170.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 60,160 boys have been named Rex since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Rex per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.5
    Greatest
  2. 0.5
    Silent
  3. 0.6
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 8,307 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Silent: 10,259 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Boomers: 22,524 babies, 0.60 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,738 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,534 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,591 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,660 babies, 0.21 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Latin rēx (“king”). Doublet of rajah and roy.

  • A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ɹɛks/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Rex, CC BY-SA 4.0.