Renae
Renae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 42 births. Its best rank was 506th, in 1962.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 420.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1970386 births
- Best rank
- #506in 1962
- Since 1925
- 14,092people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,092 girls have been named Renae in the United States since 1925, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 386 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1960s alone account for 23%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Renae | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | |
| 1930s | 123 | |
| 1940s | 434 | |
| 1950s | 2,013 | |
| 1960s | 3,297 | |
| 1970s | 2,932 | |
| 1980s | 2,352 | |
| 1990s | 1,413 | |
| 2000s | 809 | |
| 2010s | 499 | |
| 2020s | 208 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Renae was the 509th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Renae
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Robynpeak 1964
- Kendapeak 1964
- Leannpeak 1963
- Zoraidapeak 1961
- Janapeak 1961
- Leannepeak 1969
- Jolynpeak 1969
- Kimberleepeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.