Renae
#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · Last seen for boys in 1985 at #6,523
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 366 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,141since 1925
Renae over time
Rank among girls' names. Renae has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | #3,249 | 48 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,984 | 37 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,297 | 48 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,735 | 39 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,050 | 53 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,177 | 52 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,041 | 55 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,837 | 60 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,523 | 45 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,075 | 54 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,892 | 60 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,054 | 56 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,616 | 70 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,438 | 76 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,100 | 86 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,321 | 72 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,968 | 89 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,726 | 104 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,425 | 129 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,654 | 100 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,472 | 116 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,419 | 117 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,225 | 143 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,265 | 133 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,277 | 133 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,143 | 155 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,116 | 159 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,065 | 170 | — | |
| 1990 | #987 | 187 | — | |
| 1989 | #991 | 174 | — | |
| 1988 | #795 | 233 | — | |
| 1987 | #931 | 176 | — | |
| 1986 | #758 | 228 | — | |
| 1985 | #718 | 240 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #744 | 219 | — | |
| 1983 | #710 | 240 | — | |
| 1982 | #656 | 272 | — | |
| 1981 | #671 | 260 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #599 | 310 | — | |
| 1979 | #671 | 258 | — | |
| 1978 | #613 | 275 | — | |
| 1977 | #638 | 261 | — | |
| 1976 | #647 | 240 | — | |
| 1975 | #564 | 297 | — | |
| 1974 | #581 | 273 | — | |
| 1973 | #569 | 289 | — | |
| 1972 | #539 | 309 | — | |
| 1971 | #532 | 344 | — | |
| 1970 | #508 | 386 | — | |
| 1969 | #535 | 340 | — | |
| 1968 | #518 | 346 | — | |
| 1967 | #514 | 340 | — | |
| 1966 | #558 | 289 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #538 | 312 | — | |
| 1964 | #523 | 353 | — | |
| 1963 | #547 | 315 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #506 | 366 | — | |
| 1961 | #538 | 334 | — | |
| 1960 | #565 | 302 | — | |
| 1959 | #592 | 280 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #592 | 280 | — | |
| 1957 | #579 | 278 | — | |
| 1956 | #627 | 234 | — | |
| 1955 | #688 | 185 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #639 | 205 | — | |
| 1953 | #716 | 162 | — | |
| 1952 | #720 | 153 | — | |
| 1951 | #803 | 123 | — | |
| 1950 | #822 | 113 | — | |
| 1949 | #807 | 116 | — | |
| 1948 | #987 | 78 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,183 | 58 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
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| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Renae! It came in at #4,973, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1927, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Renae is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#151 · 1 in 689
- Iowa#255 · 1 in 1,725
- Minnesota#260 · 1 in 1,784
- Michigan#337 · 1 in 2,490
- Oregon#356 · 1 in 2,234
Best ever in a state: #64 in North Dakota, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #151 | 6 | 1 in 689 |
| Iowa | #255 | 10 | 1 in 1,725 |
| Minnesota | #260 | 16 | 1 in 1,784 |
| Michigan | #337 | 23 | 1 in 2,490 |
| Oregon | #356 | 7 | 1 in 2,234 |
| Kansas | #361 | 6 | 1 in 2,442 |
| Washington | #378 | 11 | 1 in 2,513 |
| Oklahoma | #547 | 5 | 1 in 4,025 |
| Wisconsin | #575 | 5 | 1 in 6,129 |
| Ohio | #604 | 11 | 1 in 6,281 |
| Virginia | #609 | 6 | 1 in 5,492 |
| Indiana | #656 | 5 | 1 in 6,808 |
| Illinois | #688 | 12 | 1 in 6,083 |
| Pennsylvania | #693 | 9 | 1 in 7,682 |
| California | #867 | 25 | 1 in 8,090 |
| Florida | #949 | 7 | 1 in 9,322 |
| New York | #1,058 | 10 | 1 in 10,689 |
| Texas | #1,060 | 12 | 1 in 11,113 |
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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 Renae
- 390 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #3,249)
- 486 spots since 2020 (#3,735 → #3,249)
- 72 spots since 2015 (#3,177 → #3,249)
- Biggest jump: 196 spots in 1948 (#1,183 → #987)
- Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1989 (#795 → #991)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1962 at #506 (366 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1948–1990
- Highest: 1 in 4,529 girls born in 1970 were named Renae (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #506 in 1962, was only 1 in 5,373 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.3% of all girls named Renae (3,297) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | #3,743 (1928) | #4,358 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,801 (1936) | #2,602 |
| 1940s | 434 | #807 (1949) | #1,602 |
| 1950s | 2,013 | #579 (1957) | #678 |
| 1960s | 3,297 | #506 (1962) | #534 |
| 1970s | 2,932 | #508 (1970) | #586 |
| 1980s | 2,352 | #599 (1980) | #757 |
| 1990s | 1,413 | #987 (1990) | #1,262 |
| 2000s | 809 | #1,425 (2000) | #2,309 |
| 2010s | 499 | #2,837 (2013) | #3,277 |
| 2020s | 257 | #3,249 (2025) | #3,583 |
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.
Renae in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 7,170 of them was named Renae, which outranked 94.3% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Renae, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.