Renay
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #14,482 · Last seen for boys in 1961 at #4,065
Given to girls 98.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 76 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,936since 1936
Renay over time
Rank among girls' names. Renay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,857 | 47 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,546 | 59 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,473 | 59 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,360 | 65 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,368 | 64 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,349 | 69 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,683 | 46 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,407 | 62 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,319 | 71 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,253 | 76 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,273 | 71 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,448 | 54 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,560 | 46 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,758 | 32 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Renay! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Renay is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#796 · 1 in 12,921
- California#1,434 · 1 in 29,188
Best ever in a state: #545 in Michigan, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #796 | 13 | 1 in 12,921 |
| California | #1,434 | 6 | 1 in 29,188 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Renay
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1960 at #1,253 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,400 girls born in 1967 were named Renay (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,516 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,253 in 1960, was only 1 in 26,604 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.9% of all girls named Renay (637) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,181 |
| 1940s | 130 | #1,564 (1949) | #2,592 |
| 1950s | 426 | #1,273 (1959) | #1,624 |
| 1960s | 637 | #1,253 (1960) | #1,411 |
| 1970s | 308 | #1,857 (1971) | #2,635 |
| 1980s | 172 | #3,431 (1983) | #4,696 |
| 1990s | 136 | #5,060 (1990) | #6,777 |
| 2000s | 92 | #7,891 (2005) | #11,507 |
| 2010s | 30 | #10,429 (2012) | #12,960 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Renay in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 28,430 of them was named Renay, which outranked 82.5% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,305Ofelia72
- #1,305Samantha72
- #1,305Vonnie72
- #1,319Renay71
- #1,319Alethea71
- #1,319Chana71
- #1,319Drema71
- #1,327Annabelle70
- #1,327Arnetta70
- #1,327Carletta70
Tied with 7 names at #1,319; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 424,839 of them was named Renay, which outranked 12.7% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 592 names at #4,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.