Boys' name · since 1968
Renan
407 babies named Renan in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,926 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,938 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 407
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Renan currently ranks #5938 among boys' names in America, with 407 babies recorded since 1968.
Renan has 407 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5938 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #8,926 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,938 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 407 born since 1968
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Renan ranks #8,926 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,938 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 407 born since 1968, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,926 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,938 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 407
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Renan's 407 recorded births place it above 80.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Renan compares
407 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Renan's all-time total is 10% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Renan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 407 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Renan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Renan's full recorded timeline at 2002, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Renan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Renan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (98 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Renan's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Renan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 98 births (24% of all-time use).
Renan by state
Where Renan concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 4.2% |
17 of 407 births nationwide.
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What to do with Renan's data
- Renan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (98 total births) through the 2020s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Renans (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Renan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Renan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.