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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #143 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 545 girlsAKMaine: #109 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 472 girlsMEVermont: #85 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 327 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #103 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 442 girlsNHWashington: #132 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 681 girlsWAIdaho: #170 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 747 girlsIDMontana: #158 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 588 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Renee, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #162 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 952 girlsMNIllinois: #162 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 921 girlsILWisconsin: #108 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 562 girlsWIMichigan: #103 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 537 girlsMINew York: #116 for girls · 170 births · 1 in 671 girlsNYMassachusetts: #127 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 677 girlsMARhode Island: #137 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 649 girlsRIOregon: #211 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,121 girlsORNevada: #173 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 808 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Renee, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #109 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 466 girlsSDIowa: #139 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 745 girlsIAIndiana: #129 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 692 girlsINOhio: #105 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 582 girlsOHPennsylvania: #101 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 518 girlsPANew Jersey: #138 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 809 girlsNJConnecticut: #114 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 586 girlsCTCalifornia: #164 for girls · 249 births · 1 in 917 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Renee, so not publishedUTColorado: #144 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 719 girlsCONebraska: #173 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 905 girlsNEMissouri: #180 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,056 girlsMOKentucky: #280 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,860 girlsKYWest Virginia: #143 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 722 girlsWVVirginia: #123 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 652 girlsVAMaryland: #159 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 927 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Renee, so not publishedDEArizona: #132 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 700 girlsAZNew Mexico: #98 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 405 girlsNMKansas: #163 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 842 girlsKSArkansas: #290 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,765 girlsARTennessee: #295 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,929 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #267 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,743 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #208 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #88 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 387 girlsDCOklahoma: #239 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,450 girlsOKLouisiana: #132 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 692 girlsLAMississippi: #318 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,683 girlsMSAlabama: #566 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,323 girlsALGeorgia: #217 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsGAHawaii: #99 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 415 girlsHITexas: #221 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 1,283 girlsTXFlorida: #172 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 1,057 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#85 · 1 in 327
  2. District of Columbia#88 · 1 in 387
  3. New Mexico#98 · 1 in 405
  4. Hawaii#99 · 1 in 415
  5. Pennsylvania#101 · 1 in 518

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#8581 in 327
District of Columbia#88161 in 387
New Mexico#98231 in 405
Hawaii#99121 in 415
Pennsylvania#1011351 in 518
Michigan#1031071 in 537
New Hampshire#103151 in 442
Ohio#1051181 in 582
Wisconsin#108511 in 562
Maine#109131 in 472
South Dakota#10981 in 466
Connecticut#114321 in 586
New York#1161701 in 671
Virginia#123551 in 652
Massachusetts#127551 in 677
Indiana#129491 in 692
Arizona#132361 in 700
Louisiana#132381 in 692
Washington#132411 in 681
Rhode Island#13781 in 649
New Jersey#138561 in 809
Iowa#139211 in 745
Alaska#14361 in 545
West Virginia#143121 in 722
Colorado#144291 in 719
Montana#15861 in 588
Maryland#159281 in 927
Illinois#162801 in 921
Minnesota#162291 in 952
Kansas#163171 in 842
California#1642491 in 917
Idaho#17071 in 747
Florida#172691 in 1,057
Nebraska#173101 in 905
Nevada#17371 in 808
Missouri#180301 in 1,056
South Carolina#208161 in 1,171
Oregon#211141 in 1,121
Georgia#217301 in 1,337
Texas#2211001 in 1,283
Oklahoma#239121 in 1,450
North Carolina#267221 in 1,743
Kentucky#280111 in 1,860
Arkansas#29071 in 1,765
Tennessee#295151 in 1,929
Mississippi#31881 in 1,683
Alabama#56651 in 4,323
Delaware
North Dakota
Utah
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 1988

girls
#146
1,893 births · 1 in 941 girls
boys
#2,035
31 births · 1 in 61,751 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #146Renee1,893

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #2,035Renee31
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 941 of them was named Renee, which outranked 98.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Renee
  1. #143Haley2,004
  2. #144Miranda1,976
  3. #145Dominique1,905
  4. #146Renee1,893
  5. #147Sasha1,886
  6. #148Melinda1,879
  7. #149Chelsey1,878
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

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

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 61,751 of them was named Renee, which outranked 76.0% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Renee
  1. #1,989Torry32
  2. #1,989Vivek32
  3. #1,989Zev32
  4. #2,035Renee31
  5. #2,035Aram31
  6. #2,035Arian31
  7. #2,035Armen31
  8. #2,090Antonino30
  9. #2,090Booker30
  10. #2,090Chelsea30

Tied with 54 names at #2,035; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 3,252Nico#4,239#987
  2. 1,245Ridge#2,215#970
  3. 668Colten#1,484#816
  4. 600Brantley#1,587#987
  5. 518Long#1,337#819
Fallers
  1. 362Cordaro#908#1,270
  2. 246Ramsey#884#1,130
  3. 241Yaakov#974#1,215
  4. 233Adrain#990#1,223
  5. 230Kiel#846#1,076

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

See the top 100 for 1988