Real is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2012 and has grown less common since.
Real is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Real was first reported in SSA data in 1918 and peaked in 1926 (13 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,680 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,129 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,173 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,680 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,579 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,567 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,781 |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | #12,029 | #10,514 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,036 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #19,855 | — |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,572 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #13,306 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,911 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,035 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #15,205 | — |
| 1979 | 5 | — | — | #6,841 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | — | #4,146 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | — | #4,314 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | — | #2,803 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,968 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | — | #3,902 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #4,383 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | — | #4,350 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | — | #3,153 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | — | #4,250 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | — | #3,317 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | — | #3,641 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | — | #3,257 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | — | #2,311 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,594 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | — | #3,049 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | — | #3,676 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | — | #3,364 |
| 1941 | 13 | — | — | #2,068 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | — | #2,774 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | — | #2,815 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | — | #3,117 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | — | #2,150 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | — | #2,896 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | — | #2,366 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | — | #3,695 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | — | #2,609 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | — | #2,569 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | — | #3,483 |
| 1928 | 12 | — | — | #2,499 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | — | #2,868 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | — | #2,402 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | — | #2,711 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | — | #2,788 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | — | #4,755 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | — | #4,218 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | — | #3,171 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | — | #3,055 |