Renan
Boy · reh-NAHN · Irish
Renan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little seal”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Renan mean?
Irish: Breton form of Ronan, from Irish rón 'seal'
“little seal”
Borne by Ernest Renan, the French historian who wrote a famous nineteenth-century Life of Jesus.
- Say it
- reh-NAHN
Is Renan a girl's or a boy's name?
Renan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Renan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Renan, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had more boys named Renan than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Renan in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Renan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Renan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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