Rex

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #859in 2025
  • 1 in 6,078boys in 2025
  • −16%last ten years
  • 3.4×in Utah

Most popular in 1951. Quieter now: down 16% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

039979818801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Rex, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880118
188169
1882114
1883143
1884114
1885158
1886235
1887276
1888232
1889208
1890270
1891237
1892229
1893223
1894259
1895290
1896293
1897275
1898318
1899273
1900392
1901272
1902375
1903361
1904258
1905348
1906458
1907327
1908415
1909415
1910335
1911363
1912381
1913474
1914510
1915473
1916518
1917509
1918502
1919534
1920577
1921537
1922565
1923533
1924520
1925496
1926497
1927460
1928469
1929457
1930492
1931500
1932555
1933631
1934611
1935621
1936590
1937563
1938566
1939510
1940472
1941454
1942377
1943430
1944421
1945361
1946408
1947462
1948515
1949541
1950597
1951798
1952771
1953682
1954677
1955680
1956686
1957615
1958586
1959601
1960616
1961597
1962548
1963484
1964480
1965423
1966403
1967333
1968296
1969267
1970273
1971267
1972230
1973208
1974189
1975190
1976180
1977177
1978155
1979151
1980168
1981150
1982146
1983137
1984143
1985141
1986126
1987124
1988129
1989112
1990113
1991109
1992104
199391
199486
199582
199673
199781
199879
199971
200057
200160
200279
200392
200492
2005119
2006123
2007114
2008134
2009153
2010173
2011203
2012203
2013207
2014203
2015195
2016223
2017234
2018232
2019229
2020218
2021217
2022218
2023215
2024186
2025165

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Utah 3.4×
  2. Missouri 2.1×
  3. Arizona 1.9×
  4. Indiana 1.7×
  5. Washington 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
281
Rank in 2025
#859
How rare
1 in 6,078 boys
Since 1880
60,449

Most popular in 1951, at 798 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 16% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Utah3.4×37
Missouri2.1×32
Arizona1.9×35
Indiana1.7×30
Washington1.6×29

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.