Rene
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #1,091 for boys in 2025, 197 births
Given to boys 70.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 815 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 50,940since 1880
Rene over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #1,091 | 197 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #988 | 227 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #1,073 | 201 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #963 | 235 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #966 | 231 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #982 | 217 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #939 | 230 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | #931 | 226 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #848 | 260 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #888 | 246 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #817 | 277 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #800 | 287 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | #770 | 291 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | #735 | 315 |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | #647 | 363 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #626 | 388 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | #613 | 410 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | #561 | 464 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | #516 | 507 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | #494 | 524 |
| 2005 | #3,212 | 48 | #478 | 524 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 | #452 | 573 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 | #443 | 563 |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 | #419 | 586 |
| 2001 | #2,411 | 65 | #420 | 591 |
| 2000 | #1,900 | 89 | #386 | 662 |
| 1999 | #1,999 | 78 | #400 | 610 |
| 1998 | #1,845 | 83 | #399 | 613 |
| 1997 | #1,562 | 103 | #381 | 640 |
| 1996 | #1,656 | 92 | #367 | 650 |
| 1995 | #1,562 | 97 | #351 | 699 |
| 1994 | #1,380 | 119 | #334 | 744 |
| 1993 | #1,451 | 110 | #340 | 738 |
| 1992 | #1,274 | 134 | #328 | 774 |
| 1991 | #1,277 | 131 | #310 | 834 |
| 1990 | #1,175 | 146 | #303 | 838 |
| 1989 | #1,037 | 165 | #323 | 739 |
| 1988 | #990 | 166 | #302 | 755 |
| 1987 | #908 | 183 | #304 | 707 |
| 1986 | #829 | 201 | #278 | 757 |
| 1985 | #846 | 192 | #280 | 732 |
| 1984 | #771 | 209 | #272 | 767 |
| 1983 | #738 | 221 | #256 | 811 |
| 1982 | #647 | 276 | #303 | 652 |
| 1981 | #632 | 282 | #297 | 662 |
| 1980 | #668 | 264 | #300 | 675 |
| 1979 | #675 | 255 | #282 | 721 |
| 1978 | #596 | 286 | #285 | 680 |
| 1977 | #590 | 292 | #281 | 688 |
| 1976 | #590 | 275 | #277 | 688 |
| 1975 | #531 | 325 | #279 | 688 |
| 1974 | #505 | 344 | #265 | 725 |
| 1973 | #454 | 406 | #271 | 687 |
| 1972 | #422 | 456 | #259 | 765 |
| 1971 | #417 | 507 | #279 | 755 |
| 1970 | #414 | 547 | #261 | 869 |
| 1969 | #349 | 670 | #256 | 815 |
| 1968 | #337 | 670 | #277 | 711 |
| 1967 | #362 | 609 | #265 | 764 |
| 1966 | #378 | 586 | #287 | 675 |
| 1965 | #361 | 635 | #273 | 746 |
| 1964 | #372 | 654 | #278 | 778 |
| 1963 | #329 | 817 | #289 | 715 |
| 1962 | #306 | 916 | #284 | 733 |
| 1961 | #323 | 857 | #292 | 704 |
| 1960 | #310 | 910 | #295 | 710 |
| 1959 | #330 | 819 | #301 | 658 |
| 1958 | #367 | 621 | #326 | 554 |
| 1957 | #360 | 634 | #327 | 553 |
| 1956 | #351 | 613 | #320 | 539 |
| 1955 | #405 | 465 | #322 | 528 |
| 1954 | #435 | 405 | #325 | 499 |
| 1953 | #450 | 367 | #337 | 426 |
| 1952 | #467 | 326 | #334 | 429 |
| 1951 | #515 | 261 | #357 | 371 |
| 1950 | #557 | 222 | #341 | 389 |
| 1949 | #621 | 177 | #361 | 349 |
| 1948 | #655 | 162 | #349 | 369 |
| 1947 | #655 | 162 | #363 | 356 |
| 1946 | #833 | 98 | #361 | 327 |
| 1945 | #914 | 68 | #377 | 248 |
| 1944 | #888 | 74 | #425 | 206 |
| 1943 | #1,103 | 53 | #397 | 238 |
| 1942 | #1,065 | 54 | #417 | 218 |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 | #423 | 192 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 | #448 | 168 |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 | #398 | 205 |
| 1938 | #1,069 | 45 | #411 | 190 |
| 1937 | #1,234 | 34 | #426 | 177 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 | #431 | 168 |
| 1935 | #1,244 | 33 | #442 | 166 |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 | #451 | 155 |
| 1933 | #1,038 | 45 | #439 | 157 |
| 1932 | #1,213 | 35 | #417 | 181 |
| 1931 | #1,043 | 45 | #444 | 161 |
| 1930 | #1,181 | 40 | #434 | 182 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 | #417 | 198 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 | #418 | 206 |
| 1927 | #1,523 | 29 | #414 | 212 |
| 1926 | #1,181 | 42 | #431 | 198 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | #451 | 178 |
| 1924 | #1,301 | 38 | #449 | 185 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | #438 | 192 |
| 1922 | #1,160 | 44 | #458 | 182 |
| 1921 | #1,184 | 42 | #483 | 162 |
| 1920 | #1,312 | 35 | #515 | 141 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 | #551 | 118 |
| 1918 | #1,165 | 41 | #541 | 123 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 | #493 | 135 |
| 1916 | #1,380 | 28 | #528 | 117 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | #544 | 105 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 | #520 | 89 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | #789 | 36 |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | #574 | 49 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | #469 | 39 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | #524 | 29 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #566 | 20 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | #489 | 21 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #538 | 17 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #576 | 15 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rene was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rene
- 103 spots since 2024 (#988 → #1,091)
- 109 spots since 2020 (#982 → #1,091)
- 274 spots since 2015 (#817 → #1,091)
- Biggest jump: 513 spots in 1906 (#1,002 → #489)
- Biggest drop: 507 spots in 1898 (#495 → #1,002)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1969 at #256 (815 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 41 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1906–2022
- Highest: 1 in 2,120 boys born in 1972 were named Rene (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,670 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #256 in 1969, was only 1 in 2,194 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.4% of all boys named Rene (7,351) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1963, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | #673 (1889) | #828 |
| 1890s | 84 | #495 (1897) | #801 |
| 1900s | 144 | #489 (1906) | #669 |
| 1910s | 840 | #469 (1911) | #553 |
| 1920s | 1,854 | #414 (1927) | #447 |
| 1930s | 1,742 | #398 (1939) | #429 |
| 1940s | 2,671 | #349 (1948) | #392 |
| 1950s | 4,946 | #301 (1959) | #329 |
| 1960s | 7,351 | #256 (1969) | #280 |
| 1970s | 7,266 | #259 (1972) | #274 |
| 1980s | 7,257 | #256 (1983) | #292 |
| 1990s | 7,140 | #303 (1990) | #351 |
| 2000s | 5,404 | #386 (2000) | #478 |
| 2010s | 2,883 | #626 (2010) | #800 |
| 2020s | 1,308 | #963 (2022) | #1,011 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rene in 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 28,388 of them was named Rene, which outranked 68.3% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,151Susanne23
- #1,151Verena23
- #1,151Zelia23
- #1,176Rene22
- #1,176Albert22
- #1,176Audry22
- #1,176Bernie22
- #1,229Adelene21
- #1,229Aimee21
- #1,229Altie21
Tied with 52 names at #1,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 14,238 of them was named Rene, which outranked 75.8% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).