Girls' name · peaked in 1967
Renee name popularity since 1925
186,000 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Renee (99.1% girls, 0.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1968 or earlier, so the typical Renee is about 58 years old in 2026. Renee peaked in 1967 as the #62 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 186,000
- Named Renee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,099 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% girls
- 184,383 girls · 1,617 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 2.06× its national share
Peak year is the year Renee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Renee births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1964. Measured as a share of all babies, Renee peaked in 1967.
- Fastest rise: Between 1944 and 1949, Renee became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 2,230 baby girls to 1 in 987.
- Steepest fall: Between 2002 and 2007, its share of baby girls fell by 45%, from 1 in 2,590 to 1 in 4,680.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Renee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Renee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Renee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,644 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 3,120 | 13 | #358 |
| 1940s | 7,817 | 63 | #281 |
| 1950s | 32,950 | 182 | #117 |
| 1960s | 55,815 | 313 | #68 |
| 1970s | 37,591 | 378 | #87 |
| 1980s | 24,414 | 290 | #118 |
| 1990s | 11,083 | 204 | #282 |
| 2000s | 5,779 | 126 | #543 |
| 2010s | 2,779 | 29 | #1,086 |
| 2020–25 | 1,391 | 19 | #1,099 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.6% of babies named Renee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Renee is most popular
The index compares Renee'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 Renee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 2.06× | 1,751 |
| Hawaii | 1.96× | 1,125 |
| Michigan | 1.73× | 12,156 |
| Wisconsin | 1.61× | 5,852 |
| Minnesota | 1.49× | 5,005 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Renee and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Renee (this page) | 184,383 | 1967 |
| Renae | 14,141 | 1970 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Renee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Renee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Renee (1967).
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