Boys' name · since 1983
Reko
Reko has 42 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,427 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
42 boys have been named Reko since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reko has been recorded 42 times among boys since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2020.
- #23,427 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 42 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reko ranks #23,427 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,427 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Reko's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reko splits its recorded history at 2003: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2020
- Peak year (1985)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Reko by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (21 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Reko's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Reko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 21 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Reko's data
- Reko's decade-level peak was the 1980s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Reko: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Reko draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.