Meaning and history
From Japanese 鈴 (rei) meaning “bell,” 麗 (rei) meaning “beautiful, lovely,” or 玲 (rei) meaning “the tinkling of jade,” this name can also be written with other kanji that share the same pronunciation.
20062006: 8 births, rank #8,732
2007: 14 births, rank #5,901
2008: 21 births, rank #4,540
2009: 13 births, rank #6,436
2010: 15 births, rank #5,741
20112011: 14 births, rank #5,945
2012: 8 births, rank #8,864
2013: 6 births, rank #10,728
2014: 9 births, rank #8,130
2015: 21 births, rank #4,545
20162016: 14 births, rank #6,053
2017: 22 births, rank #4,466
2018: 28 births, rank #3,793
2019: 30 births, rank #3,636
2020: 16 births, rank #5,451
20212021: 34 births, rank #3,362
2022: 19 births, rank #5,019
2023: 19 births, rank #5,075
2024: 29 births, rank #3,793
20252025: 35 births, rank #3,314
In 2025, 35 babies were recorded with the name Rei, ranking #3,314 among boys.