Girls' name · since 1949
Renaye
Renaye has 144 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1956 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Renaye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 144 recorded since 1949.
Social Security Administration records show Renaye recorded 144 times among girls since 1949, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1997.
- #23,227 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 1949
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Renaye ranks #23,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 1949, peaking in the 1950s.
- #23,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Renaye's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Renaye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Renaye's SSA record in two at 1960 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1954, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1956 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Renaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1997
- Peak year (1956)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Renaye by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (71 births, 49% of the file).
1950s was Renaye's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Renaye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1950s
1950s
71 births
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 71 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Renaye's decade-level peak was the 1950s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Renaye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~48 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, 1949–1997 (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 Renaye 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.