Renee
Renee was given to 218 girls in 2025, #1,099 among girls’ names; 187,513 Americans have been recorded with it since 1889 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 162,000 Americans named Renee and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 45 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Renee by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Renee mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Renee is “a female given name from French, alternative spelling of Renée.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Renee?
#1,099 among girls’ names, 2025
Renee fell from #1,086 in 2015 to #1,099 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born held at 0.14 per 1,000.
6,045 babies in 1964, the peak
Renee peaked in 1964, when 6,045 babies were given it (6,013 girls, #71 among girls’ names). The 223 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 | #1,099 | 0.14 |
| 2024 | 240 | #1,047 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 230 | #1,078 | 0.14 |
| 2022 | 240 | #1,059 | 0.15 |
| 2021 | 221 | #1,120 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 242 | #1,041 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 266 | #976 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 241 | #1,063 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 277 | #958 | 0.16 |
| 2016 | 260 | #1,020 | 0.15 |
Every recorded year (132)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 241 | #1,086 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 282 | #953 | 0.16 |
| 2013 | 288 | #895 | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 297 | #892 | 0.17 |
| 2011 | 318 | #832 | 0.18 |
| 2010 | 309 | #864 | 0.17 |
| 2009 | 369 | #770 | 0.20 |
| 2008 | 406 | #738 | 0.21 |
| 2007 | 411 | #712 | 0.21 |
| 2006 | 504 | #581 | 0.27 |
| 2005 | 530 | #543 | 0.29 |
| 2004 | 620 | #476 | 0.34 |
| 2003 | 665 | #452 | 0.36 |
| 2002 | 694 | #419 | 0.39 |
| 2001 | 754 | #386 | 0.42 |
| 2000 | 826 | #362 | 0.45 |
| 1999 | 819 | #362 | 0.46 |
| 1998 | 870 | #338 | 0.49 |
| 1997 | 944 | #309 | 0.54 |
| 1996 | 957 | #299 | 0.55 |
| 1995 | 986 | #282 | 0.56 |
| 1994 | 1,051 | #267 | 0.59 |
| 1993 | 1,133 | #246 | 0.63 |
| 1992 | 1,341 | #215 | 0.73 |
| 1991 | 1,409 | #211 | 0.75 |
| 1990 | 1,573 | #184 | 0.83 |
| 1989 | 1,658 | #172 | 0.90 |
| 1988 | 1,893 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1987 | 2,048 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 1986 | 2,214 | #127 | 1.3 |
| 1985 | 2,440 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1984 | 2,582 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1983 | 2,846 | #97 | 1.7 |
| 1982 | 2,894 | #101 | 1.7 |
| 1981 | 2,997 | #98 | 1.8 |
| 1980 | 2,842 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1979 | 2,979 | #101 | 1.9 |
| 1978 | 2,969 | #99 | 1.9 |
| 1977 | 3,259 | #87 | 2.1 |
| 1976 | 3,314 | #86 | 2.3 |
| 1975 | 3,405 | #87 | 2.3 |
| 1974 | 3,528 | #85 | 2.4 |
| 1973 | 3,846 | #80 | 2.6 |
| 1972 | 4,088 | #77 | 2.7 |
| 1971 | 4,830 | #73 | 2.9 |
| 1970 | 5,373 | #68 | 3.1 |
| 1969 | 5,254 | #67 | 3.1 |
| 1968 | 5,356 | #65 | 3.3 |
| 1967 | 5,564 | #62 | 3.4 |
| 1966 | 5,354 | #66 | 3.2 |
| 1965 | 5,496 | #68 | 3.1 |
| 1964 | 6,013 | #71 | 3.2 |
| 1963 | 5,776 | #74 | 3.0 |
| 1962 | 6,012 | #76 | 3.1 |
| 1961 | 5,782 | #79 | 2.9 |
| 1960 | 5,208 | #93 | 2.6 |
| 1959 | 4,845 | #100 | 2.4 |
| 1958 | 4,499 | #105 | 2.2 |
| 1957 | 4,177 | #111 | 2.0 |
| 1956 | 4,329 | #106 | 2.2 |
| 1955 | 3,692 | #117 | 1.9 |
| 1954 | 2,976 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1953 | 2,694 | #134 | 1.4 |
| 1952 | 2,179 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1951 | 1,868 | #164 | 1.0 |
| 1950 | 1,691 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1949 | 1,733 | #166 | 1.0 |
| 1948 | 1,362 | #198 | 0.80 |
| 1947 | 1,001 | #234 | 0.56 |
| 1946 | 879 | #241 | 0.56 |
| 1945 | 607 | #281 | 0.46 |
| 1944 | 596 | #282 | 0.45 |
| 1943 | 557 | #293 | 0.40 |
| 1942 | 439 | #332 | 0.33 |
| 1941 | 334 | #368 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 309 | #376 | 0.27 |
| 1939 | 285 | #395 | 0.26 |
| 1938 | 289 | #394 | 0.26 |
| 1937 | 298 | #374 | 0.28 |
| 1936 | 301 | #365 | 0.29 |
| 1935 | 315 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1934 | 312 | #357 | 0.30 |
| 1933 | 315 | #353 | 0.31 |
| 1932 | 315 | #362 | 0.30 |
| 1931 | 328 | #353 | 0.31 |
| 1930 | 362 | #348 | 0.32 |
| 1929 | 389 | #328 | 0.35 |
| 1928 | 433 | #317 | 0.38 |
| 1927 | 358 | #361 | 0.30 |
| 1926 | 250 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1925 | 214 | #476 | 0.18 |
| 1924 | 182 | #536 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 137 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 115 | #682 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 113 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 104 | #714 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 87 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 74 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 94 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 78 | #780 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 84 | #730 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 73 | #683 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 58 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 48 | #727 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 34 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 35 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 37 | #658 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 29 | #727 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,034 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 17 | #919 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,042 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 13 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,200 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,311 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,697 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,919 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,751 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,396 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,666 | 0.02 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,123 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Renee a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Renee has been given almost only to girls: 1,617 boys in 132 years of records.
Girls and boys named Renee: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Renee, and how old are they?
162,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 187,513 Americans ever recorded as Renee. The median Renee alive today is 57 years old; half are between 45 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 164,460 people named Renee (162,754 women and girls, 1,706 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 167,135 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,190 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 54,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 62,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 29,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 9,420 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,260 |
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 Renee born?
The states with the most babies named Renee are California, New York and Pennsylvania, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 21,821 | #1,047 | 1.2× |
| New York | 21,322 | #891 | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 13,214 | #1,206 | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 12,156 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 11,692 | #1,370 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 11,073 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 6,859 | #762 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 6,731 | #1,216 | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 5,852 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Minnesota | 5,046 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Renee is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Renee is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 1.5 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 Renee 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 250,033 babies since 1880, Renee is the most given (75% of them). In 2025 it was given to 223 of their 382 babies (58%), 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 Renee
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 Renee and names like it
- Compare Renee and RenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRenee peaked in 1964.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Renee since 1910.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Renee.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Renee alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with RMost given first.