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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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—
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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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #108 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 329 girlsAKMaine: #48 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 192 girlsMEVermont: #52 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 188 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #83 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 299 girlsNHWashington: #70 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 294 girlsWAIdaho: #151 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 538 girlsIDMontana: #88 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 314 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #118 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 423 girlsNDMinnesota: #51 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 242 girlsMNIllinois: #70 for girls · 225 births · 1 in 312 girlsILWisconsin: #43 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 188 girlsWIMichigan: #44 for girls · 254 births · 1 in 232 girlsMINew York: #56 for girls · 371 births · 1 in 279 girlsNYMassachusetts: #67 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 254 girlsMARhode Island: #47 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 173 girlsRIOregon: #69 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 286 girlsORNevada: #86 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 279 girlsNVWyoming: #74 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 209 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #79 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 288 girlsSDIowa: #62 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 267 girlsIAIndiana: #87 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 385 girlsINOhio: #57 for girls · 259 births · 1 in 271 girlsOHPennsylvania: #44 for girls · 314 births · 1 in 215 girlsPANew Jersey: #58 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 253 girlsNJConnecticut: #77 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 306 girlsCTCalifornia: #72 for girls · 370 births · 1 in 353 girlsCAUtah: #265 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,357 girlsUTColorado: #58 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 257 girlsCONebraska: #47 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 215 girlsNEMissouri: #102 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 429 girlsMOKentucky: #175 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 828 girlsKYWest Virginia: #145 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 599 girlsWVVirginia: #111 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 468 girlsVAMaryland: #63 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 254 girlsMDDelaware: #34 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 128 girlsDEArizona: #73 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 308 girlsAZNew Mexico: #50 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 213 girlsNMKansas: #76 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 315 girlsKSArkansas: #174 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 779 girlsARTennessee: #235 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,247 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #157 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 684 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #122 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 525 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #97 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 336 girlsDCOklahoma: #195 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 905 girlsOKLouisiana: #80 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 342 girlsLAMississippi: #172 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 746 girlsMSAlabama: #250 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,276 girlsALGeorgia: #163 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 695 girlsGAHawaii: #27 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 137 girlsHITexas: #171 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 800 girlsTXFlorida: #92 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 409 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#27 · 1 in 137
  2. Delaware#34 · 1 in 128
  3. Wisconsin#43 · 1 in 188
  4. Pennsylvania#44 · 1 in 215
  5. Michigan#44 · 1 in 232

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#27331 in 137
Delaware#34211 in 128
Wisconsin#431431 in 188
Michigan#442541 in 232
Pennsylvania#443141 in 215
Nebraska#47421 in 215
Rhode Island#47271 in 173
Maine#48311 in 192
New Mexico#50351 in 213
Minnesota#51941 in 242
Vermont#52121 in 188
New York#563711 in 279
Ohio#572591 in 271
Colorado#58611 in 257
New Jersey#581511 in 253
Iowa#62611 in 267
Maryland#63741 in 254
Massachusetts#671251 in 254
Oregon#69431 in 286
Illinois#702251 in 312
Washington#70641 in 294
California#723701 in 353
Arizona#73481 in 308
Wyoming#7481 in 209
Kansas#76381 in 315
Connecticut#77481 in 306
South Dakota#79131 in 288
Louisiana#80751 in 342
New Hampshire#83141 in 299
Nevada#8691 in 279
Indiana#87921 in 385
Montana#88121 in 314
Florida#921051 in 409
District of Columbia#97191 in 336
Missouri#102681 in 429
Alaska#10861 in 329
Virginia#111601 in 468
North Dakota#11891 in 423
South Carolina#122351 in 525
West Virginia#145191 in 599
Idaho#15191 in 538
North Carolina#157511 in 684
Georgia#163491 in 695
Texas#1711181 in 800
Mississippi#172221 in 746
Arkansas#174161 in 779
Kentucky#175281 in 828
Oklahoma#195171 in 905
Tennessee#235221 in 1,247
Alabama#250181 in 1,276
Utah#26581 in 1,357

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 1973

girls
#80
3,846 births · 1 in 379 girls
boys
#1,294
41 births · 1 in 38,014 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #80Renee3,846

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #1,294Renee41
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 379 of them was named Renee, which outranked 99.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Renee
  1. #77Nancy3,945
  2. #78Kristin3,903
  3. #79Erin3,877
  4. #80Renee3,846
  5. #81Erica3,793
  6. #82Brandy3,715
  7. #83Gina3,699
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 38,014 of them was named Renee, which outranked 78.0% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Renee
  1. #1,268Von42
  2. #1,268Yancey42
  3. #1,268Zack42
  4. #1,294Renee41
  5. #1,294Amador41
  6. #1,294Amir41
  7. #1,294Christine41
  8. #1,312Anson40
  9. #1,312Audie40
  10. #1,312Dee40

Tied with 17 names at #1,294; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →