Renee

#1,098 for girls in 2025, 218 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1967 · 5,564 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
185,896
since 1889

Renee over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #62, 1967girls
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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#1,098218#12,0085
2024#1,044240
2023#1,075230
2022#1,059240#8,9908
2021#1,116221#10,7996
2020#1,040242
2019#975266#12,1455
2018#1,063241
2017#952277
2016#1,018260#10,7446
2015#1,085241
2014#952282#12,1085
2013#892288
2012#891297
2011#831318#8,7678
2010#864309#12,2315
2009#770369
2008#736406#5,48716
2007#711411#7,59010
2006#581504
2005#542530#5,87513
2004#475620#5,49214
2003#452665#6,71510
2002#418694#5,13114
2001#386754#4,47617
2000#362826#2,80532
1999#362819#3,70420
1998#338870#4,01917
1997#308944#3,35121
1996#299957#4,02216
1995#282986#4,28014
1994#2671,051#2,68527
1993#2461,133#3,81916
1992#2151,341#3,10521
1991#2111,409#2,75324
1990#1841,573#2,43228
1989#1721,658#1,95337
1988#1461,893#2,03531
1987#1342,048#2,11528
1986#1272,214#1,76035
1985#1182,440#2,42721
1984#1072,582#2,23223
1983#972,846#1,86429
1982#1012,894#1,67735
1981#982,997#2,49619
1980#1072,842#1,76532
1979#1012,979#1,78831
1978#992,969#1,65233
1977#873,259#1,49038
1976#863,314#1,60833
1975#873,405#1,50535
1974#853,528#1,31142
1973#803,846#1,29441
1972#774,088#1,36438
1971#734,830#1,25444
1970#685,373#1,26043
1969#675,254#1,30237
1968#655,356#1,28235
1967#625,564#1,23137
1966#665,354#1,29934
1965#685,496#1,33533
1964#716,013#1,38432
1963#745,776#1,37532
1962#766,012#1,51527
1961#795,782#1,73122
1960#935,208#1,65824
1959#1004,845#1,66523
1958#1054,499#1,55725
1957#1114,177#1,88718
1956#1064,329#1,88618
1955#1173,692#1,57224
1954#1322,976#2,44911
1953#1342,694#1,59223
1952#1542,179#1,93916
1951#1641,868#2,24612
1950#1681,691#2,20712
1949#1661,733#2,02214
1948#1981,362#3,0107
1947#2341,001#3,7335
1946#241879#3,5255
1945#281607#2,7437
1944#282596#3,4305
1943#293557
1942#332439#2,7128
1941#368334#2,8727
1940#373309#3,4595
1939#395285
1938#394289#3,1756
1937#373298
1936#365301
1935#358315#2,9517
1934#356312
1933#352315
1932#360315
1931#353328
1930#345362
1929#328389
1928#316433
1927#361358
1926#435250
1925#473214
1924#535182
1923#629137
1922#678115
1921#694113
1920#711104
1919#75287
1918#83274
1917#71394
1916#77578
1915#72484
1914#68173
1913#67858
1912#72248
1911#74134
1910#71035
1909#64437
1908#72329
1907#1,09213
1906#1,00214
1905#90017
1904#1,00113
1903#96913
1902#1,13310
1901#1,2278
1900#1,5617
1899
1898#1,7005
1897#1,5555
1896#1,2927
1895#1,2997
1894#1,4855
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#1,0257
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Renee! It came in at #1,025, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Renee is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #94 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 372 girlsAKMaine: #59 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 235 girlsMEVermont: #74 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 272 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #173 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 999 girlsNHWashington: #132 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 697 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Renee, so not publishedIDMontana: #184 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 777 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #142 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 710 girlsNDMinnesota: #148 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 839 girlsMNIllinois: #106 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 572 girlsILWisconsin: #111 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 530 girlsWIMichigan: #87 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 475 girlsMINew York: #93 for girls · 215 births · 1 in 505 girlsNYMassachusetts: #91 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 433 girlsMARhode Island: #111 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 506 girlsRIOregon: #135 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 698 girlsORNevada: #87 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 391 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Renee, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Renee, so not publishedSDIowa: #132 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 694 girlsIAIndiana: #139 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 764 girlsINOhio: #102 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 561 girlsOHPennsylvania: #93 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 487 girlsPANew Jersey: #103 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 567 girlsNJConnecticut: #153 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 825 girlsCTCalifornia: #129 for girls · 289 births · 1 in 719 girlsCAUtah: #319 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,746 girlsUTColorado: #99 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 475 girlsCONebraska: #184 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 952 girlsNEMissouri: #139 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 766 girlsMOKentucky: #262 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,746 girlsKYWest Virginia: #190 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsWVVirginia: #150 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 865 girlsVAMaryland: #95 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 500 girlsMDDelaware: #104 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 454 girlsDEArizona: #148 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 756 girlsAZNew Mexico: #52 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 249 girlsNMKansas: #170 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 906 girlsKSArkansas: #282 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,774 girlsARTennessee: #273 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,722 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #214 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,317 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #174 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 932 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #133 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 565 girlsDCOklahoma: #196 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,105 girlsOKLouisiana: #80 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 434 girlsLAMississippi: #314 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,719 girlsMSAlabama: #371 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,371 girlsALGeorgia: #200 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,142 girlsGAHawaii: #91 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 375 girlsHITexas: #233 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsTXFlorida: #130 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 755 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#52 · 1 in 249
  2. Maine#59 · 1 in 235
  3. Vermont#74 · 1 in 272
  4. Louisiana#80 · 1 in 434
  5. Nevada#87 · 1 in 391

Best ever in a state: #15 in Hawaii, 1964.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#52381 in 249
Maine#59261 in 235
Vermont#74101 in 272
Louisiana#80651 in 434
Michigan#871191 in 475
Nevada#87131 in 391
Hawaii#91131 in 375
Massachusetts#91811 in 433
New York#932151 in 505
Pennsylvania#931411 in 487
Alaska#94101 in 372
Maryland#95491 in 500
Colorado#99461 in 475
Ohio#1021211 in 561
New Jersey#103741 in 567
Delaware#10471 in 454
Illinois#1061241 in 572
Rhode Island#111101 in 506
Wisconsin#111561 in 530
California#1292891 in 719
Florida#130881 in 755
Iowa#132231 in 694
Washington#132391 in 697
District of Columbia#133101 in 565
Oregon#135221 in 698
Indiana#139431 in 764
Missouri#139411 in 766
North Dakota#14261 in 710
Arizona#148311 in 756
Minnesota#148331 in 839
Virginia#150391 in 865
Connecticut#153211 in 825
Kansas#170161 in 906
New Hampshire#17361 in 999
South Carolina#174191 in 932
Montana#18451 in 777
Nebraska#184101 in 952
West Virginia#19091 in 1,049
Oklahoma#196171 in 1,105
Georgia#200331 in 1,142
North Carolina#214271 in 1,317
Texas#233981 in 1,344
Kentucky#262121 in 1,746
Tennessee#273161 in 1,722
Arkansas#28271 in 1,774
Mississippi#31481 in 1,719
Utah#31981 in 1,746
Alabama#37191 in 2,371
Idaho
South Dakota
Wyoming

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 Renee
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 54 spots since 2024 (#1,044#1,098)
  • 58 spots since 2020 (#1,040#1,098)
  • 13 spots since 2015 (#1,085#1,098)
  • Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1908 (#1,092#723)
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2015 (#952#1,085)
Rise & fade · girls
78 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1967 at #62 (5,564 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1959–1978
  • Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1908–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 297
  • Highest: 1 in 297 girls born in 1967 were named Renee (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,373 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.0% of all girls named Renee (55,815) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#1,025 (1889)#1,025
1890s29#1,292 (1896)#1,466
1900s161#644 (1909)#1,025
1910s665#678 (1913)#733
1920s2,295#316 (1928)#516
1930s3,120#345 (1930)#365
1940s7,817#166 (1949)#277
1950s32,950#100 (1959)#129
1960s55,815#62 (1967)#72
1970s37,591#68 (1970)#84
1980s24,414#97 (1983)#121
1990s11,083#184 (1990)#271
2000s5,779#362 (2000)#543
2010s2,779#831 (2011)#952
2020s1,391#1,040 (2020)#1,072

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.

Renee in 1986

girls
#127
2,214 births · 1 in 775 girls
boys
#1,760
35 births · 1 in 52,615 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #127Renee2,214

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #1,760Renee35
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 775 of them was named Renee, which outranked 99.0% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Renee
  1. #124Brenda2,241
  2. #125Alisha2,236
  3. #126Joanna2,227
  4. #127Renee2,214
  5. #128Denise2,205
  6. #129Alexis2,197
  7. #130Angelica2,146
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 9,719Kyrie#10,677#958
  2. 4,778Sable#5,678#900
  3. 2,034Eliana#2,484#450
  4. 1,497Shatara#2,484#987
  5. 1,374Cherrelle#2,253#879
Fallers
  1. 442Violeta#963#1,405
  2. 361Micaela#545#906
  3. 361Tasia#572#933
  4. 324Jo#925#1,249
  5. 306Tammie#987#1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 52,615 of them was named Renee, which outranked 77.5% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Renee
  1. #1,725Von36
  2. #1,725Yusuf36
  3. #1,725Zachry36
  4. #1,760Renee35
  5. #1,760Ace35
  6. #1,760Amador35
  7. #1,760Arik35
  8. #1,791Adams34
  9. #1,791Angus34
  10. #1,791Antonino34

Tied with 30 names at #1,760; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 1,279Spenser#2,226#947
  2. 920Jayce#1,614#694
  3. 714Addison#1,228#514
  4. 649Payton#1,614#965
  5. 573Cordell#1,181#608
Fallers
  1. 409Ulises#877#1,286
  2. 365Eliot#934#1,299
  3. 322Jordy#998#1,320
  4. 313Trace#956#1,269
  5. 292Kennith#963#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986