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Renay

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Renay is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196076 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1936
1,936people given the name
Babies named Renay, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,936 girls have been named Renay in the United States since 1936, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 76 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 76 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 33%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Renay
1930s5
1940s130
1950s426
1960s637
1970s308
1980s172
1990s136
2000s92
2010s30

In 1960, its biggest year

Renay was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1960 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1960.

Names that rose and fell with Renay

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.