Spellings
Ray or Rey?
In the US in 2025, 55% of babies in this name family were spelled Ray and 45% Rey. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Ray already led in 2015, with 59% of the family's births; it has 55% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 591 to 581 births, almost unchanged.
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray | 349 | 319 | −9% |
| Rey | 242 | 262 | +8% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈreɪ/ (RAY). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Ray 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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