Rex

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rex: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rex: Recorded since 1954, with a gap of 35 years, its highest recorded position is #64, and it stood at #216 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
56times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#64highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Rex's record

Absent from every published list for 35 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1454
1998	#1485
1999	#2425
2000	#1552
2001	#1202
2002	#907
2003	#865
2004	#1038
2005	#891
2006	#863
2007	#711
2008	#712
2009	#675
2010	#625
2011	#501
2012	#450
2013	#322
2014	#267
2015	#212
2016	#173
2017	#165
2018	#158
2019	#157
2020	#143
2021	#142
2022	#165
2023	#197
2024	#216

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #216 among boys in England and Wales, #382 among boys in Scotland, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1954–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #64 among boys in New Zealand in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1954–1960
Highest recorded position: #64 among boys in New Zealand, in 1954 (recorded 1954–1960).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #216 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rex appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 4,025 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1954.

Rex across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rex's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#142 (2021)	#216 (2024)	29 of 29	4,025 (1996–2024)	396 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#701 (2009)	#516 (2023)	#520 (2024)	12 of 16	47 (2009–2024)	6 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2013)	#334 (2020)	#352 (2022)	7 of 10	26 (2013–2022)	4 (2018)
New Zealand · Boys	#64 (1954)	#64 (1954)	#98 (1960)	7 of 7	561 (1954–1960)	100 (1954)

Rex by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rex in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	259	10 of 10	26
2010s	2,159	10 of 10	216
2020sbusiest	1,579	5 of 10	316

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 316 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births fell by 87, from 396 to 309.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rex appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #64 in New Zealand in 1954.

Rex's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#216	228	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#197	254	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#165	309	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#142	396	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#143	392	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#157	348	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#158	355	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#165	338	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#173	328	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#212	266	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#267	181	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#322	131	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#450	88	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#501	72	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#625	52	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#675	45	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#712	41	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#711	39	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#863	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#891	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#865	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#98	59	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#88	67	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#83	73	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#80	80	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#73	88	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#68	94	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#64	100	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#382	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1954 and 2024, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #64, first reached in 1954.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 396 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 35 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 70 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Reya · #350, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Krystal · #63, 40y
Alba · #66, 31y
Cole · #62, 31y
Cherie · #67, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Bryan · #64, 72y
Anja · #63, 70y
Shona · #63, 69y
Diana · #66, 74y

Rex was ranked #64 in New Zealand · Boys in 1954. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rex and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rex without appearing here.

Rex moved ahead of

Harper Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2425 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1202 and #2587.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1552 and #2501.
Mathias Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1552 and #2501.
Johannes Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1552 and #1552 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1202 and #1949.

Moved ahead of Rex

Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #863 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #711 and #538.
Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #865 and #1188 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1038 and #875.
Cooper Compare
In 2021 they stood at #142 and #145 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #165 and #151.
Simon Compare
In 1955 they stood at #68 and #78 in New Zealand · Boys; by 1956 that had become #73 and #62.

Moved the opposite way to Rex

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rex went from #1458 to #216 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rex went from #1458 to #216 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rex went from #1458 to #216 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rex went from #1458 to #216 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Rex

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rex went from #1458 to #216 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rex went from #1458 to #216 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rex went from #1458 to #216 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rex went from #1458 to #216 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #64 in New Zealand in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rex

Rex at a glance

What stands out in Rex's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rex across 4 official records

Rex by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rex appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Rex and the names beside it

Rex moved ahead of

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Rex at a glance

What stands out in Rex's record

Rex across 4 official records

Rex by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rex appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Rex

Rex and the names beside it

Rex moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rex

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