Reyes
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAY-es
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Reyes is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “kings”. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Reyes mean?
Spanish: Spanish surname
“kings”
Refers to los Reyes Magos, the Three Kings or Magi of the Nativity story, celebrated at Epiphany.
Is Reyes a girl's or a boy's name?
Reyes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reyes in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 boys.
Reyes in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Reyes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,940th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Reyes, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 101 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the boys named Reyes in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 38% of the babies named Reyes in the US in 1915, and 8% in 2011.
Reyes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,361 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,305 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,203 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,181 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,283 |
| 2010 | 54 | #2,353 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,167 |
| 2008 | 89 | #1,708 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 86 | #1,654 |
| 2005 | 83 | #1,633 |
| 2004 | 80 | #1,615 |
| 2003 | 71 | #1,714 |
| 2002 | 87 | #1,456 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,425 |
| 2000 | 87 | #1,416 |
| 1999 | 101 | #1,233 |
| 1998 | 67 | #1,571 |
| 1997 | 87 | #1,307 |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,312 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,364 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,227 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,224 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,221 |
| 1990 | 90 | #1,131 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,158 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,201 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,187 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,101 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,189 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,197 |
| 1983 | 49 | #1,326 |
| 1982 | 73 | #1,064 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,101 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,070 |
| 1979 | 72 | #1,040 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,149 |
| 1977 | 64 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,115 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,230 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,165 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,063 |
| 1969 | 62 | #972 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,102 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,012 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,137 |
| 1962 | 42 | #1,203 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,232 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,166 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,089 |
| 1958 | 57 | #1,005 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,062 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,170 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,083 |
| 1954 | 71 | #867 |
| 1953 | 54 | #974 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,001 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,039 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 51 | #966 |
| 1948 | 58 | #901 |
| 1947 | 64 | #869 |
| 1946 | 51 | #935 |
| 1945 | 51 | #884 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,120 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 50 | #933 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1940 | 43 | #982 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,221 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,051 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,159 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,110 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,194 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,129 |
| 1928 | 48 | #992 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1926 | 38 | #1,161 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,204 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,235 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,374 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
Nicknames for Reyes
- Rey 11 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Reyes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronnie, Reggie, Rudy, Rory, Roman, Robin, Cody, Frankie, Sonny, Ryan, Teddy, Lucas
Names related to Reyes
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
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, “Reyes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reyes, updated 20 October 2026.