Rex
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About Rex
The name Rex is currently ranked #859 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #170 in 1951. The name is most popular in Hawaii, Nebraska, and Alaska. Rex is occasionally used for girls in 1984.
1 syllable.
As of September 2026, Rex ranked #859 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #170 in 1951, Nameberry popularity #634.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #661 | 389 | 202.5 |
| 2015 | #680 | 374 | 195.1 |
| 2016 | #633 | 423 | 222.9 |
| 2017 | #607 | 434 | 234.5 |
| 2018 | #632 | 420 | 231.3 |
| 2019 | #651 | 410 | 228.5 |
| 2020 | #683 | 377 | 218.4 |
| 2021 | #699 | 379 | 216.6 |
| 2022 | #697 | 380 | 217.6 |
| 2023 | #723 | 367 | 214.5 |
| 2024 | #794 | 316 | 183.4 |
| 2025 | #859 | 281 | 164.5 |
World rankings
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Famous Rexs
- Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison
English actor
- Rex Burkhead
American NFL football player
- Rex Daniel Grossman
American NFL football player
- Rex Hadnot
American NFL football player
- Rex Murphy
Canadian newscaster
- Rex Goudie
Canadian Singer
- Rex Ashley Ryan
American NFL football Coach
- Rex Maynard Linn
American actor
- Rex McNicol Robbins
American character actor
- Rex Lee
American actor
- Rex Allen
American actor
- Rex Darwin Davis
first director of the U.S. ATF agency
- Rex Wayne Tillerson
American Secretary of State and CEO of Exxon
- Rex Todhunter Stout
American detective novelist
- Rex Russell (b. 2003)
son of actress Hetty Baynes and director Ken Russell
- Rex Champion (b. 2008)
son of drummer Will Champion of Coldplay; twin of sister Juno Champion
- Rex Coltrane Kelly (b. 2009)
son of actress Natascha McElhone and Martin Kelly
- Rex William Wickham (b. 2010)
son of English author Sophie Kinsella
- Rex Harrison Lamar (b. 2011)
son of model Niki Taylor and Burney Lamar
- Rex (b. 2015)
son of actress Lucy Punch
Rex in pop culture
- Rex Manning
character in the movie Empire Records
- Rex DiMera
character on American soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Rex Britten
character on TV's "Awake"
- Rex aka Racer X
character in anime Speed Racer
- Rex
dinosaur in the Toy Story films
- Rex Van de Kamp
character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
- Captain Rex
character in 2008 animated television series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"
- Rex Kyubi
character in video game 'Ace Attorney'
- Reginald "Rex" Bateman
main character in G. A. Henty's, With the Allies to Pekin
- Rex The Tyrannosaurus Rex
character in "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story"
- Rex Powers
Robbie Shapiro's puppet/dummy on TV's "Victorious"
- Rex Splode
character in Invincible comics
- Oedipus Rex
Latin name for the play by Sophocles
- Rex Mason (aka Metamorpho)
character in the DC Universe
- Rex Salazar
main character in 2010 animated television series "Generator Rex"