Reko

Boys' name

From Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος; literal meaning unconfirmed

Reko has been given to 42 babies in the U.S. since 1983. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1985, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Reko, 2020

1 in 668,000

Reko over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Reko: meaning, origin, and history

From Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Reko means

Reko is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Reko is used in Finnish.

Reko comes through Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gregory.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Reko is pronounced /ˈreko/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 42 boys were recorded with the name Reko between 1983 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1985; its best national rank was #6,350 in 1985.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Reko?

Reko had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 668,000; 5 of 3,342,313 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,344 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Reko sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2020 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,344 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Reko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rekos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Reko was born before 1989 — so the typical Reko is around 36 today.

Median birth year: 1989; About 36 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 42; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Reko rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1985 (6)
Years since peak: 40; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,350; 1985

Spellings of Reko

Reko is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 46.5% against Reko's <0.01%.

Leo46.5%259,988
Rex10.8%60,449
Rene9.1%50,940
Reid7.3%40,791
Reed6.4%36,056
Niko2.6%14,629
Remy2.2%12,484
Rico1.8%9,926

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Reko by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,350; 1985
Peak year: 1985; 6 that year
First recorded: 1983
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 42
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Reko

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Eneko Meko Rekker Meeko Eko Maleko Teko Dreko Nieko Greko Demeko Neeko Neko Aeko Aleko Mieko Dameko Kameko

Sibling names for Reko

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Linsey Candis Kristan Santana Chiquita Kandice Daniel Domonique

For a brother

Whitney Marques Shea Derik Derrell Brenton Antoine Jerrod

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