Rene — #988 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rene

The Social Security Administration has registered 50,740 babies named Rene between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rene currently holds the #988 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 869 babies received it in a single year. Rene is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21,828 additional births since 1885.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rene performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 7,349 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15,638 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Rene in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 50,740 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.