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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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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1889#1,0257—
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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 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #170 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 664 girlsAKMaine: #52 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 236 girlsMEVermont: #85 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 340 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #61 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 247 girlsNHWashington: #124 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 614 girlsWAIdaho: #189 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 858 girlsIDMontana: #172 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 729 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #148 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 657 girlsNDMinnesota: #128 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 714 girlsMNIllinois: #101 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 561 girlsILWisconsin: #83 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 444 girlsWIMichigan: #65 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 349 girlsMINew York: #90 for girls · 222 births · 1 in 481 girlsNYMassachusetts: #99 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 437 girlsMARhode Island: #60 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 219 girlsRIOregon: #111 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 558 girlsORNevada: #149 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 686 girlsNVWyoming: #142 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 552 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Renee, so not publishedSDIowa: #108 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 556 girlsIAIndiana: #140 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 756 girlsINOhio: #89 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 508 girlsOHPennsylvania: #88 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 480 girlsPANew Jersey: #111 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 561 girlsNJConnecticut: #104 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 487 girlsCTCalifornia: #119 for girls · 315 births · 1 in 642 girlsCAUtah: #354 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,049 girlsUTColorado: #136 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 686 girlsCONebraska: #93 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 435 girlsNEMissouri: #116 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 644 girlsMOKentucky: #208 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,250 girlsKYWest Virginia: #153 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 756 girlsWVVirginia: #138 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 785 girlsVAMaryland: #116 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 618 girlsMDDelaware: #118 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 510 girlsDEArizona: #96 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 489 girlsAZNew Mexico: #73 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 343 girlsNMKansas: #95 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 444 girlsKSArkansas: #234 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,411 girlsARTennessee: #277 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,851 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #202 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,226 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #167 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 849 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #122 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 517 girlsDCOklahoma: #153 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 805 girlsOKLouisiana: #98 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 510 girlsLAMississippi: #368 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,105 girlsMSAlabama: #274 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,676 girlsALGeorgia: #317 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,061 girlsGAHawaii: #80 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 327 girlsHITexas: #194 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 1,111 girlsTXFlorida: #137 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 796 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#52 · 1 in 236
  2. Rhode Island#60 · 1 in 219
  3. New Hampshire#61 · 1 in 247
  4. Michigan#65 · 1 in 349
  5. New Mexico#73 · 1 in 343

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#52271 in 236
Rhode Island#60221 in 219
New Hampshire#61241 in 247
Michigan#651641 in 349
New Mexico#73281 in 343
Hawaii#80151 in 327
Wisconsin#83691 in 444
Vermont#8581 in 340
Pennsylvania#881441 in 480
Ohio#891361 in 508
New York#902221 in 481
Nebraska#93231 in 435
Kansas#95331 in 444
Arizona#96471 in 489
Louisiana#98591 in 510
Massachusetts#99801 in 437
Illinois#1011301 in 561
Connecticut#104351 in 487
Iowa#108311 in 556
New Jersey#111721 in 561
Oregon#111281 in 558
Maryland#116391 in 618
Missouri#116501 in 644
Delaware#11861 in 510
California#1193151 in 642
District of Columbia#122111 in 517
Washington#124451 in 614
Minnesota#128401 in 714
Colorado#136321 in 686
Florida#137821 in 796
Virginia#138421 in 785
Indiana#140451 in 756
Wyoming#14251 in 552
North Dakota#14871 in 657
Nevada#14971 in 686
Oklahoma#153251 in 805
West Virginia#153131 in 756
South Carolina#167211 in 849
Alaska#17061 in 664
Montana#17261 in 729
Idaho#18971 in 858
Texas#1941201 in 1,111
North Carolina#202291 in 1,226
Kentucky#208171 in 1,250
Arkansas#23491 in 1,411
Alabama#274131 in 1,676
Tennessee#277151 in 1,851
Georgia#317181 in 2,061
Utah#35471 in 2,049
Mississippi#36871 in 2,105
South Dakota———

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 1985

girls
#118
2,440 births · 1 in 705 girls
boys
#2,427
21 births · 1 in 88,010 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #118Renee2,440

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #2,427Renee21
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 705 of them was named Renee, which outranked 99.1% 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).

Ranked beside Renee
  1. #115Jillian2,475
  2. #116Pamela2,468
  3. #117Hannah2,449
  4. #118Renee2,440
  5. #119Molly2,434
  6. #120Denise2,433
  7. #121Misty2,413
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 88,010 of them was named Renee, which outranked 68.0% 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).

Ranked beside Renee
  1. #2,357West22
  2. #2,357Wylie22
  3. #2,357Yehoshua22
  4. #2,427Renee21
  5. #2,427Adolphus21
  6. #2,427Alicia21
  7. #2,427Aman21
  8. #2,504Adolph20
  9. #2,504Aharon20
  10. #2,504Akiva20

Tied with 76 names at #2,427; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →