Renata
Renata was given to 635 girls in 2025, #481 among girls’ names; 14,616 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,900 Americans named Renata and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 6 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Renata by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Renata mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Renata is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “reborn” (renatus).
Feminine form of Latin saint’s name Renatus, from renatus (“reborn”)
/ɹəˈnɑːtʌ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Renata?
#481 among girls’ names, 2025
Renata rose from #637 in 2015 to #481 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.25 to 0.40 per 1,000.
726 babies in 1980, the peak
Renata peaked in 1980, when 726 babies were given it (720 girls, #336 among girls’ names). The 635 births of 2025 are 87% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 635 | #481 | 0.40 |
| 2024 | 594 | #520 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 653 | #472 | 0.41 |
| 2022 | 640 | #492 | 0.39 |
| 2021 | 581 | #533 | 0.35 |
| 2020 | 600 | #508 | 0.37 |
| 2019 | 645 | #487 | 0.38 |
| 2018 | 613 | #507 | 0.36 |
| 2017 | 685 | #461 | 0.40 |
| 2016 | 576 | #544 | 0.33 |
Every recorded year (113)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 447 | #637 | 0.25 |
| 2014 | 436 | #656 | 0.24 |
| 2013 | 350 | #777 | 0.20 |
| 2012 | 372 | #750 | 0.21 |
| 2011 | 362 | #762 | 0.21 |
| 2010 | 242 | #1,034 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 209 | #1,204 | 0.11 |
| 2008 | 248 | #1,056 | 0.13 |
| 2007 | 219 | #1,165 | 0.11 |
| 2006 | 167 | #1,373 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,872 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 90 | #2,034 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 74 | #2,295 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 68 | #2,370 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,183 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,326 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,278 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,485 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,383 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,387 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,892 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,337 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,435 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 66 | #2,068 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,336 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,677 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,989 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,882 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,543 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 90 | #1,432 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 105 | #1,282 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 111 | #1,188 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 118 | #1,135 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 146 | #1,014 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 224 | #737 | 0.13 |
| 1980 | 720 | #336 | 0.43 |
| 1979 | 229 | #727 | 0.14 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,038 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,946 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,744 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,750 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,681 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,727 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,604 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 74 | #1,426 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 79 | #1,342 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 77 | #1,288 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 75 | #1,277 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 88 | #1,129 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 73 | #1,270 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 97 | #1,065 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 153 | #843 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 88 | #1,167 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 79 | #1,244 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 93 | #1,142 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 70 | #1,324 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 106 | #1,033 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 68 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 73 | #1,236 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 76 | #1,201 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,662 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,555 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,775 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,737 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,786 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,412 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,259 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,942 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,945 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,995 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,435 | under 0.01 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,225 | under 0.01 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,225 | under 0.01 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,195 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,163 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,891 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,702 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,115 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,269 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,517 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,513 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,433 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,816 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,478 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,690 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,237 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,227 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,316 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,789 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 11 | #3,083 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,646 | under 0.01 |
| 1921 | 20 | #2,034 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,864 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,774 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,796 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,084 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,476 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,124 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,534 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,771 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,785 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,560 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,176 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Renata a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Renata has been given almost only to girls: 6 boys in 113 years of records.
Girls and boys named Renata: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Renata, and how old are they?
13,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 14,616 Americans ever recorded as Renata. The median Renata alive today is 12 years old; half are between 6 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 15,740 people named Renata (15,696 women and girls, 44 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,493 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 33 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 854 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,770 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,370 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,450 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,410 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Renata born?
The states with the most babies named Renata are Texas, California and Illinois, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,678 | #181 | 2.6× |
| California | 2,675 | #259 | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 747 | #380 | 1.2× |
| New York | 623 | #784 | 0.6× |
| Arizona | 602 | #198 | 2.1× |
| Florida | 474 | #431 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 264 | #847 | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 234 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Colorado | 189 | #249 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 180 | #819 | 0.4× |
Where Renata is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Renata is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Renata with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 25,691 babies since 1880, Renata is the most given (57% of them). In 2025 it was given to 635 of their 665 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Renata
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Renata and names like it
- Compare Renata and RenitaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sRenata peaked in 1980.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Renata since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Renata: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1980The year the most babies were named Renata.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Renata alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.