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 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 3,239 of them was named Rene, which outranked 94.8% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 3,831 of them was named Rene, which outranked 92.8% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.