Girls' name · since 1963
Renessa
194 babies named Renessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Renessa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 194 have been recorded since 1963.
Renessa has 194 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1999.
- #20,142 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 194 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Renessa ranks #20,142 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 194 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #20,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Renessa's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Renessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Renessa's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Renessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1999
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Renessa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (71 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Renessa's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Renessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
32 births
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 71 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Renessa's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (71 total births) through the 1990s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Renessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1963–1999 (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 Renessa 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.