Girls' name · since 1889
Renee
185,896 babies named Renee in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,098 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185,896
- born since 1889
- 1960s
- peak decade
185,896 babies have been named Renee since 1889, making it today's #1098 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Renee has been recorded 185,896 times among girls since 1889, currently ranked #1098 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 2025.
- #215 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,098 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 185,896 born since 1889
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Renee ranks #215 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,098 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 185,896 born since 1889, peaking in the 1960s.
- #215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,098 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185,896
- born since 1889
- 1960s
- peak decade
Renee's 185,896 recorded births place it above 99.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Renee compares
185,896 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Renee's all-time total is 494x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Renee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185,896 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6,013 | 21 | 19,840 |
Renee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Renee's SSA record in two at 1960 and the more recent half accounts for 75% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 25%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1894, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 6,013, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Renee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–2025
- Peak year (1964)
- 6,013
- Annual births at peak, across 137 years of records
Renee popularity over time - boys
1,617 total births recorded since 1935 (Renee as boys' name)
Renee by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (55,815 births, 30% of the file).
1960s was Renee's strongest decade.
55,815 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Renee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7
1880s
7 births
- 1890s 29
1890s
29 births
- 1900s 161
1900s
161 births
- 1910s 665
1910s
665 births
- 1920s 2,295
1920s
2,295 births
- 1930s 3,120
1930s
3,120 births
- 1940s 7,817
1940s
7,817 births
- 1950s
1950s
32,950 births
- 1960s
1960s
55,815 births
- 1970s
1970s
37,591 births
- 1980s
1980s
24,414 births
- 1990s 11,083
1990s
11,083 births
- 2000s 5,779
2000s
5,779 births
- 2010s 2,779
2010s
2,779 births
- 2020s 1,391
2020s
1,391 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 55,815 births (30% of all-time use).
How Renee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Renee's total volume
Renee by state
Where Renee concentrates geographically, total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21,458 | 11.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 21,268 | 11.4% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 13,214 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 12,156 | 6.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 11,692 | 6.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 11,073 | 6.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6,859 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Texas | | 6,640 | 3.6% |
21,458 of 185,896 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Renee appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Renee's data
- Renee's decade-level peak was the 1960s (55,815 total births); usage has since declined to 1,391 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Renees (21,458 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Renee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~136 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, 1889–2025 (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 Renee 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.