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

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Peak · boys
1969 · 815 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
50,940
since 1880

Rene over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #306, 1962peak #256, 1969girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#1,091197
2024#6,39418#988227
2023#5,96020#1,073201
2022#7,28115#963235
2021#7,25015#966231
2020#5,85020#982217
2019#8,13813#939230
2018#6,52118#931226
2017#7,09216#848260
2016#6,18620#888246
2015#6,45219#817277
2014#5,99321#800287
2013#5,64423#770291
2012#8,20814#735315
2011#4,80729#647363
2010#7,21717#626388
2009#6,31721#613410
2008#4,36035#561464
2007#4,94429#516507
2006#4,57631#494524
2005#3,21248#478524
2004#3,49042#452573
2003#3,29144#443563
2002#2,64258#419586
2001#2,41165#420591
2000#1,90089#386662
1999#1,99978#400610
1998#1,84583#399613
1997#1,562103#381640
1996#1,65692#367650
1995#1,56297#351699
1994#1,380119#334744
1993#1,451110#340738
1992#1,274134#328774
1991#1,277131#310834
1990#1,175146#303838
1989#1,037165#323739
1988#990166#302755
1987#908183#304707
1986#829201#278757
1985#846192#280732
1984#771209#272767
1983#738221#256811
1982#647276#303652
1981#632282#297662
1980#668264#300675
1979#675255#282721
1978#596286#285680
1977#590292#281688
1976#590275#277688
1975#531325#279688
1974#505344#265725
1973#454406#271687
1972#422456#259765
1971#417507#279755
1970#414547#261869
1969#349670#256815
1968#337670#277711
1967#362609#265764
1966#378586#287675
1965#361635#273746
1964#372654#278778
1963#329817#289715
1962#306916#284733
1961#323857#292704
1960#310910#295710
1959#330819#301658
1958#367621#326554
1957#360634#327553
1956#351613#320539
1955#405465#322528
1954#435405#325499
1953#450367#337426
1952#467326#334429
1951#515261#357371
1950#557222#341389
1949#621177#361349
1948#655162#349369
1947#655162#363356
1946#83398#361327
1945#91468#377248
1944#88874#425206
1943#1,10353#397238
1942#1,06554#417218
1941#1,06547#423192
1940#1,63523#448168
1939#1,13241#398205
1938#1,06945#411190
1937#1,23434#426177
1936#1,20635#431168
1935#1,24433#442166
1934#1,23633#451155
1933#1,03845#439157
1932#1,21335#417181
1931#1,04345#444161
1930#1,18140#434182
1929#1,13742#417198
1928#1,14744#418206
1927#1,52329#414212
1926#1,18142#431198
1925#1,34735#451178
1924#1,30138#449185
1923#1,35034#438192
1922#1,16044#458182
1921#1,18442#483162
1920#1,31235#515141
1919#1,80121#551118
1918#1,16541#541123
1917#1,21935#493135
1916#1,38028#528117
1915#1,57122#544105
1914#1,74015#52089
1913#1,17622#78936
1912#1,17820#57449
1911#1,24114#46939
1910#1,26713#52429
1909#1,6078#71415
1908#1,4399#56620
1907#1,14212#55919
1906#1,15411#48921
1905#1,2989#1,0027
1904#1,6596#53817
1903#1,7925#57615
1902#1,2199#68711
1901#96112#7279
1900#1,17111#83610
1899#1,2787#66110
1898#1,2638#1,0026
1897#49516
1896#1,2138#67411
1895#98611#9786
1894#1,2377#8577
1893#65010
1892#1,2786#8617
1891#1,2136#8416
1890#9945
1889#1,0257#6739
1888#1,0367
1887
1886#7587
1885#1,0475#9365
1884#9715
1883#6778
1882#8376
1881#8665
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Rene is popular in 1936

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedAKMaine: #118 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 623 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #63 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 308 boysNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedMNIllinois: #358 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,544 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedWIMichigan: #398 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,967 boysMINew York: #389 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 8,398 boysNYMassachusetts: #123 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,328 boysMARhode Island: #58 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 350 boysRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #163 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,945 boysCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #236 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,504 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rene, so not publishedHITexas: #259 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,592 boysTXFlorida: #259 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,084 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#58 · 1 in 350
  2. New Hampshire#63 · 1 in 308
  3. Maine#118 · 1 in 623
  4. Massachusetts#123 · 1 in 1,328
  5. Connecticut#163 · 1 in 1,945

Best ever in a state: #45 in New Hampshire, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#58121 in 350
New Hampshire#63101 in 308
Maine#118101 in 623
Massachusetts#123211 in 1,328
Connecticut#16351 in 1,945
Louisiana#236131 in 1,504
Florida#25961 in 2,084
Texas#259351 in 1,592
Illinois#35881 in 6,544
New York#389101 in 8,398
Michigan#39851 in 7,967
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Rene
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
89 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1969 at #256 (815 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 41 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 140 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1906–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,120
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 14.4% of all boys named Rene (7,351) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1964
  • Mostly girls until 1963, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s50#673 (1889)#828
1890s84#495 (1897)#801
1900s144#489 (1906)#669
1910s840#469 (1911)#553
1920s1,854#414 (1927)#447
1930s1,742#398 (1939)#429
1940s2,671#349 (1948)#392
1950s4,946#301 (1959)#329
1960s7,351#256 (1969)#280
1970s7,266#259 (1972)#274
1980s7,257#256 (1983)#292
1990s7,140#303 (1990)#351
2000s5,404#386 (2000)#478
2010s2,883#626 (2010)#800
2020s1,308#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 1936

girls
#1,206
35 births · 1 in 29,725 girls
boys
#431
168 births · 1 in 6,174 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #1,206Rene35

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #431Rene168
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 29,725 of them was named Rene, which outranked 75.2% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rene
  1. #1,186Tommy36
  2. #1,186Vernita36
  3. #1,186Walter36
  4. #1,206Rene35
  5. #1,206Arden35
  6. #1,206Charlsie35
  7. #1,206Clarine35
  8. #1,230Albert34
  9. #1,230Arlyne34
  10. #1,230Arlys34

Tied with 23 names at #1,206; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 3,238Shelba#3,742#504
  2. 662Shelby#840#178
  3. 600Wendy#1,418#818
  4. 588Deanna#1,356#768
  5. 546Shari#1,514#968
Fallers
  1. 1,028Norita#713#1,741
  2. 506Vernetta#974#1,480
  3. 461Ozella#984#1,445
  4. 400Shirleyann#896#1,296
  5. 342Idell#925#1,267

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 6,174 of them was named Rene, which outranked 89.3% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rene
  1. #427Van172
  2. #429Carrol170
  3. #430Levi169
  4. #431Rene168
  5. #432Jackson167
  6. #433Armando166
  7. #433Denis166
Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 802Errol#1,708#906
  2. 644Sergio#1,584#940
  3. 601Brice#1,494#893
  4. 537Windell#1,390#853
  5. 529Kim#1,390#861
Fallers
  1. 1,082Stafford#980#2,062
  2. 889Darwyn#750#1,639
  3. 461Hunter#956#1,417
  4. 399Orvil#844#1,243
  5. 370Rosendo#956#1,326

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1936