Boys' name · since 1999
Renton
Renton has 152 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,672 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,313 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
152 babies have been named Renton since 1999, making it today's #9313 boys' name.
Renton has 152 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9313 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #14,672 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,313 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 152 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Renton ranks #14,672 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,313 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 152 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,672 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,313 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Renton's 152 recorded births place it above 67.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Renton compares
152 33rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Renton's all-time total is 59% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Renton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 152 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Renton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Renton's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Renton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Renton by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (59 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Renton's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Renton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Renton's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- 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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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, 1999–2025 (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 Renton 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.