Rene

Where Rene comes from

Borrowed from French René.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rene
  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1954
    Rene Russo born
    American actress and model
  3. 1964
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1969
    Peak, #256
    815 babies named Rene — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1990
    Rene Krhin born
    Slovenian footballer
  6. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #626.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from French.
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Rene Russo · American actress and model, born 1954
  • Rene Krhin · Slovenian footballer, born 1990
  • Rene Bond · American pornographic actress, 1950–1996
  • Rene Simpson · Canadian tennis player, 1966–2013
  • Rene Pauritsch · Austrian footballer, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.