girl's name

Renae

  • Origin French
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 15,570

Northern Ireland

#453

2022 births

Renae is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 48 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Renae is a name of French origin.
  • Peaked in 1970, when 386 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 69,070 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1925.

Renae over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,309
'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Renae by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 12
1930s 123
1940s 434
1950s 2,023
1960s 3,309
1970s 2,932
1980s 2,363
1990s 1,413
2000s 809
2010s 499
2020s (to 2025) 257

How popular is Renae?

In 2025, Renae was given to 48 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Renae is used

Northern Ireland #453 3 in 2022
England & Wales #849 42 in 2025
Scotland #870 3 in 2016
Ireland #982 3 in 2022
United States #3,256 48 in 2025
Canada #3,642 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Renae

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Renae also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Renae over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Renae

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Renae — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Renae

How popular is the name Renae?

In 2025, Renae was given to 48 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Renae a girl's or a boy's name?

Renae is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Renae most popular?

Renae peaked in 1970, when 386 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Renae a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Renae currently ranks #849 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.