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

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Peak · girls
1962 · 366 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,141
since 1925

Renae over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Renae has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #506, 1962girls
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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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2025#3,24948—
2024#3,63942—
2023#3,98437—
2022#3,59543—
2021#3,29748—
2020#3,73539—
2019#3,49944—
2018#3,05053—
2017#3,19250—
2016#4,15735—
2015#3,17752—
2014#3,04155—
2013#2,83760—
2012#3,52345—
2011#3,22251—
2010#3,07554—
2009#2,89260—
2008#3,05456—
2007#2,61670—
2006#2,43876—
2005#2,55367—
2004#2,10086—
2003#2,32172—
2002#1,96889—
2001#1,726104—
2000#1,425129—
1999#1,654100—
1998#1,472116—
1997#1,419117—
1996#1,225143—
1995#1,265133—
1994#1,277133—
1993#1,143155—
1992#1,116159—
1991#1,065170—
1990#987187—
1989#991174—
1988#795233—
1987#931176—
1986#758228—
1985#718240#6,5235
1984#744219—
1983#710240—
1982#656272—
1981#671260#5,4686
1980#599310—
1979#671258—
1978#613275—
1977#638261—
1976#647240—
1975#564297—
1974#581273—
1973#569289—
1972#539309—
1971#532344—
1970#508386—
1969#535340—
1968#518346—
1967#514340—
1966#558289#3,5376
1965#538312—
1964#523353—
1963#547315#3,6466
1962#506366—
1961#538334—
1960#565302—
1959#592280#3,9885
1958#592280—
1957#579278—
1956#627234—
1955#688185#3,8865
1954#639205—
1953#716162—
1952#720153—
1951#803123—
1950#822113—
1949#807116—
1948#98778—
1947#1,18358—
1946#1,25747—
1945#1,54328—
1944#1,40133—
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1942#2,04618—
1941#2,66811—
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First appearance
1925

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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedNHWashington: #563 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,863 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #361 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,793 girlsMNIllinois: #876 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,851 girlsILWisconsin: #639 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,866 girlsWIMichigan: #556 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,462 girlsMINew York: #1,548 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 17,437 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedRIOregon: #524 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,356 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedIAIndiana: #608 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,025 girlsINOhio: #663 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,445 girlsOHPennsylvania: #931 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,371 girlsPANew Jersey: #964 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,593 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,230 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 12,497 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedUTColorado: #590 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,154 girlsCONebraska: #269 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,531 girlsNEMissouri: #633 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,475 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Renae, so not publishedHITexas: #1,425 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 15,287 girlsTXFlorida: #1,142 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,304 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#269 · 1 in 1,531
  2. Minnesota#361 · 1 in 2,793
  3. Oregon#524 · 1 in 3,356
  4. Michigan#556 · 1 in 4,462
  5. Washington#563 · 1 in 3,863

Best ever in a state: #64 in North Dakota, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#26961 in 1,531
Minnesota#361101 in 2,793
Oregon#52451 in 3,356
Michigan#556141 in 4,462
Washington#56381 in 3,863
Colorado#59051 in 4,154
Indiana#60871 in 5,025
Missouri#63361 in 5,475
Wisconsin#63951 in 5,866
Ohio#663111 in 6,445
Illinois#876101 in 7,851
Pennsylvania#93171 in 10,371
New Jersey#96451 in 9,593
Florida#1,14271 in 11,304
California#1,230211 in 12,497
Texas#1,42591 in 15,287
New York#1,54871 in 17,437
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1962 at #506 (366 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1948–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,529
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 23.3% of all girls named Renae (3,297) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s12#3,743 (1928)#4,358
1930s123#1,801 (1936)#2,602
1940s434#807 (1949)#1,602
1950s2,013#579 (1957)#678
1960s3,297#506 (1962)#534
1970s2,932#508 (1970)#586
1980s2,352#599 (1980)#757
1990s1,413#987 (1990)#1,262
2000s809#1,425 (2000)#2,309
2010s499#2,837 (2013)#3,277
2020s257#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 1990

girls
#987
187 births · 1 in 10,153 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #987Renae187
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 10,153 of them was named Renae, which outranked 93.5% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Renae
  1. #981Jody188
  2. #981Kimber188
  3. #981Marianne188
  4. #987Renae187
  5. #987Malinda187
  6. #987Shameka187
  7. #990Deirdre186
  8. #990Linsey186
  9. #990Lynsey186

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →