Renea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- reh-NAY
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Renea is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “born again”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Renea mean?
Latin: phonetic spelling of Renée, via French
“born again”
A respelling of Renée, the French feminine form of René, from Latin Renatus.
Is Renea a girl's or a boy's name?
Renea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Renea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Renea, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Renea of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Renea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Renea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Renea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Renea, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 161 girls. It first appears in the records in 1932.
Half of all the girls named Renea in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Renea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 48 | #2,290 |
| 1987 | 51 | #2,127 |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,909 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,633 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,565 |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,566 |
| 1981 | 90 | #1,368 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,749 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,694 |
| 1978 | 85 | #1,374 |
| 1977 | 85 | #1,341 |
| 1976 | 70 | #1,482 |
| 1975 | 75 | #1,404 |
| 1974 | 114 | #1,042 |
| 1973 | 107 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 109 | #1,056 |
| 1971 | 133 | #957 |
| 1970 | 118 | #1,042 |
| 1969 | 127 | #943 |
| 1968 | 141 | #861 |
| 1967 | 132 | #894 |
| 1966 | 154 | #794 |
| 1965 | 145 | #825 |
| 1964 | 161 | #826 |
| 1963 | 120 | #970 |
| 1962 | 132 | #922 |
| 1961 | 124 | #968 |
| 1960 | 112 | #1,014 |
| 1959 | 128 | #920 |
| 1958 | 83 | #1,163 |
| 1957 | 89 | #1,108 |
| 1956 | 80 | #1,159 |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,185 |
| 1954 | 58 | #1,299 |
| 1953 | 57 | #1,287 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,610 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,436 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
Names like Renea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robyn Marnie Connie Heidi Darcie Dea Renae Erin Diana Raegan Rhea Darla
Names related to Renea
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Renea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/renea, updated 20 October 2026.