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By Clare Green · Aug 2026

REE-ai

Rei

OriginHebrew
Meaning"my companion"
GenderBoy
Also a girl's nameShow me Rei as a girl's name

About Rei

Variation of Reece

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#3,500#4,000#4,500'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014—00
2015#4,6702111
2016—00
2017#4,5632211.9
2018#3,8652815.4
2019#3,6953016.7
2020—00
2021#3,4023419.4
2022—00
2023—00
2024#3,8602916.8
2025#3,3633520.5
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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World rankings

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