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Reyes

#2,975 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Kings

Reyes has been given to 6,690 babies in the U.S. since 1900. In 2025 it ranked #2,975 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1999, with 101 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Reyes, 2025

1 in 78,900

Reyes over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Reyes over time

In 2025, Reyes went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18982025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Reyes: meaning, origin, and history

Kings

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Reyes means

Reyes means “kings”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,979 boys were recorded with the name Reyes between 1900 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 101 in 1999; its best national rank was #871 in 1947.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,315 in 2020 to #2,975 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,083 in 2015 to #2,975 in 2025.

In the United States, 711 girls were recorded with the name Reyes between 1898 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1920; its best national rank was #1,734 in 1909.

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.

How common is Reyes?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 78,900
42 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 40,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,975
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
54,713 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Reyes 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 2025 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 54,713 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Reyes. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Reyess were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Reyes was born before 1982 — so the typical Reyes is around 43 today.

Median birth year
1982
About 43 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
13.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
26.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,685
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Choose a decade

1990s — 13.5% of all recorded uses (807).

Is Reyes 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
+610
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−660
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−892
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.62×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.6%
Peak was 1999 (101)
Years since peak
26
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#871
1947

Spellings of Reyes

Reyes is not the most common spelling — Rene is, with 28.1% against Reyes's 3.3%.

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.

Where Reyes is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Reyes was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 3,448 boys, against 1 in 17,819 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

029 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 3,448
  2. 2Texas1 in 5,882
  3. 3Arizona1 in 9,091
  4. 4California1 in 12,500
  5. 5Colorado1 in 50,000
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8North Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Reyes has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Reyes is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Reyes was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 90,442 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 25,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Reyes has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Reyes around the world

Where Reyes ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2024
    #4,271
    in 2024
  • France
    2012–2015
    #6,468
    in 2015

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Notable people named Reyes

People whose public names include Reyes, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Reyes by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,975
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 660
Best rank ever
#871
1947
Peak year
1999
101 that year
First recorded
1900
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,979
Count in 2025
42

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,734
1909
Peak year
1920
23 that year
First recorded
1898
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
711
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Reyes

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

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Names with a curve like Reyes

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Reyes, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Reyes

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

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