Reo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAY-oh
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #780 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Reo is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 780th for boys in the UK (48 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Reo mean?
Japanese: Japanese name; reo is also a Maori word
Used as a Japanese name, with meaning depending on the characters chosen; in Maori, reo means language or voice.
Is Reo a girl's or a boy's name?
Reo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 780th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48 about 1 in 6,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 208% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the UK were named Reo, making it the 780th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 63 boys.
Half of all the boys named Reo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 23% of the babies named Reo in the UK in 2003, and 8% in 2014.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales and 178th in Scotland.
Reo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #780 |
| 2024 | 46 | #803 |
| 2023 | 63 | #639 |
| 2022 | 36 | #939 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 34 | #927 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Reo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Reo, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Reo in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Reo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Names like Reo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leo, Theo, Romeo, Arlo, Rocco, Milo, Hugo, Reuben, Roman, Jasper, Ezra, Rio
Names related to Reo
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Jiraiya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reo, updated 20 October 2026.