Renel — boys' name
62 babies named Renel in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
62 boys have been named Renel since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2002.
- 62
- total births
- 1979–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Renel was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Renel in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Renel
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Renel between 1979 and 2002, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Renel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Renel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1960.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Renel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Renel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Renel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Renel 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 62 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.
Renel at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Renel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1979
- Peak year (1992)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
62 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 9 births in a single year.
Renel popularity over time — girls
16 total births recorded since 1960 (Renel as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Renel accounts for 21% of total recorded use across both genders.
Renel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 36 births that decade — 58% of Renel's all-time total
Renel decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Renel's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Renel by state
Where Renel concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 8.1% |
5 of 62 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 8.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.