Mostly boys · peaked in 1972
Rene name popularity since 1925
70,211 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rene (30.3% girls, 69.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1972 or earlier, so the typical Rene is about 54 years old in 2026. Rene peaked in 1972 as the #259 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 70,211
- Named Rene, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,092 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 69.7% boys
- 21,251 girls · 48,960 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 3.43× its national share
Peak year is the year Rene made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Rene births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Rene peaked in 1972.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rene in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 192 | 992 | – |
| 1930s | 386 | 1,742 | #443 |
| 1940s | 918 | 2,671 | #378 |
| 1950s | 4,733 | 4,946 | #322 |
| 1960s | 7,324 | 7,351 | #273 |
| 1970s | 3,693 | 7,266 | #279 |
| 1980s | 2,159 | 7,257 | #280 |
| 1990s | 1,093 | 7,140 | #351 |
| 2000s | 462 | 5,404 | #479 |
| 2010s | 190 | 2,883 | #820 |
| 2020–25 | 101 | 1,308 | #1,092 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
27.7% of babies named Rene from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Rene is most popular
The index compares Rene's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Rene.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3.43× | 16,889 |
| Arizona | 2.97× | 2,416 |
| Rhode Island | 2.45× | 545 |
| California | 2.42× | 16,130 |
| Louisiana | 1.71× | 1,927 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rene's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rene.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rene (1972).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data