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 | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 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 1962
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#708 · 1 in 11,411
- Michigan#780 · 1 in 13,680
- Ohio#937 · 1 in 19,693
- New York#1,096 · 1 in 23,339
- California#1,433 · 1 in 28,913
Best ever in a state: #545 in Michigan, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #708 | 5 | 1 in 11,411 |
| Michigan | #780 | 6 | 1 in 13,680 |
| Ohio | #937 | 5 | 1 in 19,693 |
| New York | #1,096 | 7 | 1 in 23,339 |
| California | #1,433 | 6 | 1 in 28,913 |
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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 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
More about 1962
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1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 31,719 of them was named Renay, which outranked 81.4% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,395Milissa63
- #1,395Sharilyn63
- #1,395Valentina63
- #1,407Renay62
- #1,407Carroll62
- #1,407Cristi62
- #1,407Daryl62
- #1,419Gwenda61
- #1,419Kenda61
- #1,419Lara61
Tied with 11 names at #1,407; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.