Meaning not yet researched.
Rene: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 197 in 2025. Its best rank was #256 in 1983.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #256 in 1983; #1,092 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Rene in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,092 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1983, at #256.
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Rene: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 197 boys in 2025. Peak: #256 in 1983 · most boys in one year: 869 (1970).
In 2025, 197 US boys were named Rene, making it the 1,092nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 101 places from #991 in 2024. That is 30 fewer than the 227 boys named Rene in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #256, reached in 1983. The most boys given the name in a single year was 869, in 1970. For comparison, it was #820 in 2015 and #342 in 1950.
In 2025, 13 US girls were named Rene, making it the 8,244th most common girls’ name of the year, down 1,648 places from #6,596 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 18 girls named Rene in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #306, reached in 1962. That year also had the most girls given the name: 916. For comparison, it was #6,673 in 2015 and #558 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rene in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 72,779 US babies have been given the name, 30% of them girls and 70% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 14,675 babies named Rene.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,270 US boys were named Rene; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 260. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,670 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rene ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #554 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Renee (187,513 babies since 1880), Ren (3,634 babies since 1880), Ryne (4,404 babies since 1880) and Ryen (2,391 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Reanne, Renne and Renette are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Reanne (651), Renne (639), Renette (567), Reyne (234), Ryenne (227), Reene (118), Renier (32), Rienne (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Rene in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 58 | #554 | #416 |
| California | 49 | #606 | #514 |
| Arizona | 11 | #618 | #329 |
| Florida | 17 | #876 | #956 |
| Illinois | 8 | #995 | #964 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,018 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,392 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,244 | 197 | #1,092 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,596 | 227 | #991 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,117 | 201 | #1,078 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,569 | 235 | #965 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,564 | 231 | #967 |
| 2020 | 20 | #6,036 | 217 | #985 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,514 | 230 | #940 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,734 | 226 | #932 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,366 | 260 | #850 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,367 | 246 | #889 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,673 | 277 | #820 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,166 | 287 | #804 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,794 | 291 | #772 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,539 | 315 | #736 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,890 | 363 | #649 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,442 | 388 | #627 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,503 | 410 | #615 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,434 | 464 | #561 |
| 2007 | 29 | #5,067 | 507 | #517 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,662 | 524 | #496 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,253 | 524 | #479 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,555 | 573 | #453 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,338 | 563 | #445 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,666 | 586 | #420 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,431 | 591 | #420 |
| 2000 | 89 | #1,920 | 662 | #386 |
| 1999 | 78 | #2,014 | 610 | #401 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,863 | 613 | #399 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,569 | 640 | #381 |
| 1996 | 92 | #1,667 | 650 | #367 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,574 | 699 | #351 |
| 1994 | 119 | #1,386 | 744 | #334 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,457 | 738 | #340 |
| 1992 | 134 | #1,281 | 774 | #328 |
| 1991 | 131 | #1,282 | 834 | #310 |
| 1990 | 146 | #1,179 | 838 | #303 |
| 1989 | 165 | #1,041 | 739 | #323 |
| 1988 | 166 | #994 | 755 | #303 |
| 1987 | 183 | #911 | 707 | #304 |
| 1986 | 201 | #830 | 757 | #278 |
| 1985 | 192 | #847 | 732 | #280 |
| 1984 | 209 | #774 | 767 | #272 |
| 1983 | 221 | #743 | 811 | #256 |
| 1982 | 276 | #648 | 652 | #303 |
| 1981 | 282 | #633 | 662 | #297 |
| 1980 | 264 | #669 | 675 | #300 |
| 1979 | 255 | #676 | 721 | #282 |
| 1978 | 286 | #596 | 680 | #286 |
| 1977 | 292 | #591 | 688 | #282 |
| 1976 | 275 | #591 | 688 | #277 |
| 1975 | 325 | #532 | 688 | #279 |
| 1974 | 344 | #506 | 725 | #266 |
| 1973 | 406 | #454 | 687 | #271 |
| 1972 | 456 | #425 | 765 | #259 |
| 1971 | 507 | #418 | 755 | #279 |
| 1970 | 547 | #414 | 869 | #261 |
| 1969 | 670 | #350 | 815 | #256 |
| 1968 | 670 | #339 | 711 | #277 |
| 1967 | 609 | #362 | 764 | #265 |
| 1966 | 586 | #378 | 675 | #287 |
| 1965 | 635 | #361 | 746 | #273 |
| 1964 | 654 | #372 | 778 | #278 |
| 1963 | 817 | #331 | 715 | #289 |
| 1962 | 916 | #306 | 733 | #284 |
| 1961 | 857 | #323 | 704 | #292 |
| 1960 | 910 | #311 | 710 | #295 |
| 1959 | 819 | #330 | 658 | #302 |
| 1958 | 621 | #367 | 554 | #326 |
| 1957 | 634 | #361 | 553 | #328 |
| 1956 | 613 | #352 | 539 | #321 |
| 1955 | 465 | #407 | 528 | #322 |
| 1954 | 405 | #435 | 499 | #327 |
| 1953 | 367 | #450 | 426 | #339 |
| 1952 | 326 | #468 | 429 | #334 |
| 1951 | 261 | #515 | 371 | #357 |
| 1950 | 222 | #558 | 389 | #342 |
| 1949 | 177 | #623 | 349 | #361 |
| 1948 | 162 | #656 | 369 | #349 |
| 1947 | 162 | #657 | 356 | #364 |
| 1946 | 98 | #837 | 327 | #361 |
| 1945 | 68 | #923 | 248 | #378 |
| 1944 | 74 | #891 | 206 | #425 |
| 1943 | 53 | #1,109 | 238 | #398 |
| 1942 | 54 | #1,073 | 218 | #417 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,082 | 192 | #424 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,675 | 168 | #448 |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,146 | 205 | #399 |
| 1938 | 45 | #1,077 | 190 | #411 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,249 | 177 | #428 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,223 | 168 | #431 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,258 | 166 | #443 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,254 | 155 | #452 |
| 1933 | 45 | #1,046 | 157 | #441 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,232 | 181 | #417 |
| 1931 | 45 | #1,056 | 161 | #445 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,193 | 182 | #436 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,152 | 198 | #419 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,160 | 206 | #418 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,552 | 212 | #415 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,194 | 198 | #431 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,369 | 178 | #452 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,318 | 185 | #450 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,381 | 192 | #438 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,166 | 182 | #460 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,199 | 162 | #485 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,345 | 141 | #515 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,844 | 118 | #553 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,180 | 123 | #543 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,237 | 135 | #494 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,402 | 117 | #532 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,612 | 105 | #547 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,806 | 89 | #523 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,220 | 36 | #801 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,209 | 49 | #580 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,284 | 39 | #470 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,323 | 29 | #533 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,733 | 15 | #745 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,523 | 20 | #577 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,196 | 19 | #583 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,215 | 21 | #501 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,397 | 7 | #1,069 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,825 | 17 | #559 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,028 | 15 | #590 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,305 | 11 | #728 |
| 1901 | 12 | #998 | 9 | #771 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,214 | 10 | #892 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,369 | 10 | #704 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,359 | 6 | #1,097 |
| 1897 | — | — | 16 | #512 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,282 | 11 | #714 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,042 | 6 | #1,059 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,329 | 7 | #935 |
| 1893 | — | — | 10 | #695 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,419 | 7 | #936 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,309 | 6 | #938 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,126 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,123 | 9 | #712 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,113 | — | — |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #830 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,168 | 5 | #1,069 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,092 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #713 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #925 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #978 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,034 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).