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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#685 · 1 in 4,176
- Colorado#734 · 1 in 4,451
- Massachusetts#747 · 1 in 6,381
- Michigan#886 · 1 in 7,360
- Pennsylvania#1,156 · 1 in 11,660
Best ever in a state: #64 in North Dakota, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #685 | 7 | 1 in 4,176 |
| Colorado | #734 | 5 | 1 in 4,451 |
| Massachusetts | #747 | 5 | 1 in 6,381 |
| Michigan | #886 | 7 | 1 in 7,360 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,156 | 5 | 1 in 11,660 |
| California | #1,627 | 13 | 1 in 17,001 |
| Texas | #1,931 | 7 | 1 in 20,492 |
| New York | #1,976 | 5 | 1 in 20,144 |
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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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 15,232 of them was named Renae, which outranked 91.1% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,458Tracey117
- #1,458Tytiana117
- #1,458Yahaira117
- #1,472Renae116
- #1,472Adia116
- #1,472Brigid116
- #1,472Darien116
- #1,481Danna115
- #1,481Harlie115
- #1,481Heidy115
Tied with 8 names at #1,472; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.