Renee Girl
How popular is Renee?
#1,098 girl name in 2025
218 baby girls were named Renee in the US in 2025, making it the 1098th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Renee popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,098 for girls (▼ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 218 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,085 in 2015, #1,040 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1964 (6,013 girls) |
| Highest rank | #62 in 1967 |
| First recorded | 1889 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Renee counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Renee family of names ranked #872 for girls in 2025 (#860 the year before), with 256 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Renee | 218 | 85% |
| Renny | 12 | 5% |
| Rennie | 13 | 5% |
| Reni | 8 | 3% |
| Renni | 5 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Renee is most popular
Babies named Renee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 0.3 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (108 girls)
- Indiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
Renee by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1890s | 29 | #1,292 |
| 1900s | 161 | #644 |
| 1910s | 665 | #678 |
| 1920s | 2,295 | #316 |
| 1930s | 3,120 | #345 |
| 1940s | 7,817 | #166 |
| 1950s | 32,950 | #100 |
| 1960s | 55,815 | #62 |
| 1970s | 37,591 | #68 |
| 1980s | 24,414 | #97 |
| 1990s | 11,083 | #184 |
| 2000s | 5,779 | #362 |
| 2010s | 2,779 | #831 |
| 2020s | 1,391 | #1,040 |
Girl names about as popular as Renee
Questions
- Is Renee a boy or girl name?
- Renee is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Renee were girls.
- How popular is the name Renee?
- 218 baby girls were named Renee in the US in 2025, making it the 1098th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Renee most popular?
- Renee peaked in 1964, when 6,013 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #62 in 1967.
- How many people are named Renee?
- 187,513 babies have been named Renee in the US since 1880. We estimate about 164,581 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is Renee most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Renee was most common in New Hampshire, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.