Renne — unisex name
578 babies named Renne in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Renne was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Renne in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Renne
The Social Security Administration has registered 578 babies named Renne between 1944 and 2003, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Renne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 28 babies received it in a single year. Renne is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 61 additional births since 1954.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Renne performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Renne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Renne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Renne 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 578 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.
Renne at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Renne popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1944
- Peak year (1971)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
578 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 28 births in a single year.
Renne popularity over time — boys
61 total births recorded since 1954 (Renne as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Renne accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Renne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 168 births that decade — 29% of Renne's all-time total
Renne decade highlights
- Peak decade 168 births
- Runner-up 161 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Renne's strongest decade
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Renne by state
Where Renne concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 2.1% |
12 of 578 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% 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, 1944–2003 (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.