Rene
Rene was given to 197 boys in 2025, #1,092 among boys’ names; 72,779 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 58,600 Americans named Rene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 33 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rene mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rene is “a male given name from French.”
Also “a female given name from French.”
Borrowed from French René.
/rəˈneɪ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rene?
#1,092 among boys’ names, 2025
Rene fell from #820 in 2015 to #1,092 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.14 to 0.12 per 1,000.
1,649 babies in 1962, the peak
Rene peaked in 1962, when 1,649 babies were given it (733 boys, #284 among boys’ names). The 210 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 13% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,242 | 197 | #1,092 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,593 | 227 | #991 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,112 | 201 | #1,078 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,564 | 235 | #965 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,559 | 231 | #967 |
| 2020 | 20 | #6,032 | 217 | #985 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,509 | 230 | #940 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,730 | 226 | #932 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,362 | 260 | #850 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,364 | 246 | #889 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #6,671 | 277 | #820 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,164 | 287 | #804 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,791 | 291 | #772 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,535 | 315 | #736 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,888 | 363 | #649 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,439 | 388 | #627 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,500 | 410 | #615 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,433 | 464 | #561 |
| 2007 | 29 | #5,065 | 507 | #517 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,661 | 524 | #496 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,249 | 524 | #479 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,551 | 573 | #453 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,334 | 563 | #445 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,663 | 586 | #420 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,427 | 591 | #420 |
| 2000 | 89 | #1,916 | 662 | #386 |
| 1999 | 78 | #2,011 | 610 | #401 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,860 | 613 | #399 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,567 | 640 | #381 |
| 1996 | 92 | #1,665 | 650 | #367 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,570 | 699 | #351 |
| 1994 | 119 | #1,383 | 744 | #334 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,455 | 738 | #340 |
| 1992 | 134 | #1,278 | 774 | #328 |
| 1991 | 131 | #1,278 | 834 | #310 |
| 1990 | 146 | #1,175 | 838 | #303 |
| 1989 | 165 | #1,038 | 739 | #323 |
| 1988 | 166 | #994 | 755 | #303 |
| 1987 | 183 | #911 | 707 | #304 |
| 1986 | 201 | #830 | 757 | #278 |
| 1985 | 192 | #847 | 732 | #280 |
| 1984 | 209 | #774 | 767 | #272 |
| 1983 | 221 | #743 | 811 | #256 |
| 1982 | 276 | #648 | 652 | #303 |
| 1981 | 282 | #633 | 662 | #297 |
| 1980 | 264 | #669 | 675 | #300 |
| 1979 | 255 | #676 | 721 | #282 |
| 1978 | 286 | #596 | 680 | #286 |
| 1977 | 292 | #591 | 688 | #282 |
| 1976 | 275 | #591 | 688 | #277 |
| 1975 | 325 | #532 | 688 | #279 |
| 1974 | 344 | #506 | 725 | #266 |
| 1973 | 406 | #454 | 687 | #271 |
| 1972 | 456 | #425 | 765 | #259 |
| 1971 | 507 | #418 | 755 | #279 |
| 1970 | 547 | #414 | 869 | #261 |
| 1969 | 670 | #350 | 815 | #256 |
| 1968 | 670 | #339 | 711 | #277 |
| 1967 | 609 | #362 | 764 | #265 |
| 1966 | 586 | #378 | 675 | #287 |
| 1965 | 635 | #361 | 746 | #273 |
| 1964 | 654 | #372 | 778 | #278 |
| 1963 | 817 | #331 | 715 | #289 |
| 1962 | 916 | #306 | 733 | #284 |
| 1961 | 857 | #323 | 704 | #292 |
| 1960 | 910 | #311 | 710 | #295 |
| 1959 | 819 | #330 | 658 | #302 |
| 1958 | 621 | #367 | 554 | #326 |
| 1957 | 634 | #361 | 553 | #328 |
| 1956 | 613 | #352 | 539 | #321 |
| 1955 | 465 | #406 | 528 | #322 |
| 1954 | 405 | #434 | 499 | #326 |
| 1953 | 367 | #449 | 426 | #338 |
| 1952 | 326 | #467 | 429 | #333 |
| 1951 | 261 | #514 | 371 | #356 |
| 1950 | 222 | #557 | 389 | #341 |
| 1949 | 177 | #622 | 349 | #361 |
| 1948 | 162 | #655 | 369 | #349 |
| 1947 | 162 | #657 | 356 | #364 |
| 1946 | 98 | #836 | 327 | #361 |
| 1945 | 68 | #923 | 248 | #378 |
| 1944 | 74 | #891 | 206 | #425 |
| 1943 | 53 | #1,108 | 238 | #398 |
| 1942 | 54 | #1,073 | 218 | #417 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,082 | 192 | #424 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,675 | 168 | #448 |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,146 | 205 | #399 |
| 1938 | 45 | #1,077 | 190 | #411 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,249 | 177 | #428 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,223 | 168 | #431 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,258 | 166 | #443 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,254 | 155 | #452 |
| 1933 | 45 | #1,046 | 157 | #441 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,232 | 181 | #417 |
| 1931 | 45 | #1,056 | 161 | #445 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,193 | 182 | #436 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,152 | 198 | #419 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,160 | 206 | #418 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,551 | 212 | #415 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,194 | 198 | #431 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,369 | 178 | #452 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,318 | 185 | #450 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,381 | 192 | #438 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,166 | 182 | #460 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,199 | 162 | #485 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,345 | 141 | #515 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,844 | 118 | #553 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,180 | 123 | #543 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,237 | 135 | #494 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,402 | 117 | #532 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,612 | 105 | #547 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,806 | 89 | #523 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,220 | 36 | #801 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,209 | 49 | #580 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,284 | 39 | #470 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,323 | 29 | #533 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,733 | 15 | #745 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,523 | 20 | #577 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,196 | 19 | #583 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,215 | 21 | #501 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,396 | 7 | #1,068 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,824 | 17 | #559 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,027 | 15 | #590 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,305 | 11 | #727 |
| 1901 | 12 | #998 | 9 | #771 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,213 | 10 | #891 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,368 | 10 | #704 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,359 | 6 | #1,096 |
| 1897 | under 5 | 16 | #512 | |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,282 | 11 | #714 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,042 | 6 | #1,058 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,328 | 7 | #934 |
| 1893 | under 5 | 10 | #695 | |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,419 | 7 | #935 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,309 | 6 | #937 |
| 1890 | under 5 | 5 | #1,126 | |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,122 | 9 | #712 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,113 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 7 | #830 | |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,168 | 5 | #1,068 |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #1,092 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 8 | #713 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 6 | #924 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 5 | #977 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 5 | #1,034 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Rene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 72,779 Americans recorded as Rene, 30% are girls and 70% boys. Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Rene every year since 1964. In 2025 it went to 13 girls and 197 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Rene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rene, and how old are they?
58,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 72,779 Americans ever recorded as Rene. The median Rene alive today is 49 years old; half are between 33 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 83,545 people named Rene (18,447 women and girls, 65,098 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 60,112 born in the U.S. The Census count is 39% above 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 | 956 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 14,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 16,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 13,900 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 8,960 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,330 |
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 Rene born?
The states with the most babies named Rene are Texas, California and New York, with 60% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 16,958 | #554 | 3.2× |
| California | 16,212 | #606 | 2.2× |
| New York | 4,926 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 2,779 | #995 | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 2,416 | #618 | 2.6× |
| Massachusetts | 2,247 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Florida | 2,169 | #876 | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 2,093 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Michigan | 1,693 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 1,053 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Rene is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rene is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.2 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 boys’ 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 Rene 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 80,401 babies since 1880, Rene is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 210 of their 264 babies (80%), 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 Rene
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 Rene and names like it
- Compare Rene and RenoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRene peaked in 1962.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rene since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Rene: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Rene.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Rene alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with RMost given first.