unisex name

Renell

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 769

Renell is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 72% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2014 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1965, when 30 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • Renell started out as a girls' name and is now given almost entirely to boys.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1924.

Renell over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

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'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Renell by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 6
1930s 9
1940s 38
1950s 140
1960s 205
1970s 134
1980s 108
1990s 51
2000s 11
2010s (to 2014) 5

How popular is Renell?

In 2014, Renell was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Renell is used

England & Wales #4,771 4 in 2025
United States #17,767 5 in 2014

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 Renell

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

Parents who like Renell also like

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

Sibling names for Renell

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

Common questions about Renell

How popular is the name Renell?

In 2014, Renell was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Renell is used for both girls and boys. About 72% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Renell most popular?

Renell peaked in 1965, when 30 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Renell a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Renell currently ranks #4,771 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.

Was Renell originally a boys' or girls' name?

Renell was given mostly to girls in the earliest US birth records and is now given almost entirely to boys.