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Renee

Gender
Girl
Say it
REN-ay
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#590 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,098 for girls

Renee is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “reborn”. In 2025 it ranked 590th for girls in the UK (72 babies) and 1,098th for girls in the US (218 babies).

What does Renee mean?

Latin: via French Renée

“reborn”

The French feminine of René, from Latin Renatus, a name early Christians used to express spiritual rebirth through baptism.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Renee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 girls in the UK and 218 girls and 5 boys in the US.

How popular is Renee in the UK?

Rank in 2025
590th among girls
Babies in 2025
72 about 1 in 3,900 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 72 girls in the UK were named Renee, making it the 590th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 556th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 140 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Renee than any year since 1996.

Half of all the girls named Renee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 75 girls in the UK were given Renee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #552, up from #590 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 630th in England and Wales, 632nd in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 140 in 20032025
Renee in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202572#590
202489#500
202373#570
202299#468
202185#533
202079#556
201997#475
201891#519
201798#495
201699#485
201588#534
2014108#448
201380#572
2012101#481
201194#499
2010106#448
2009108#439
2008107#438
200797#456
2006132#355
2005115#383
2004130#337
2003140#311
2002124#325
2001132#306
2000116#330
1999102#356
199878#440
1997106#359
199668#474

How popular is Renee in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,098th among girls
Babies in 2025
218 about 1 in 7,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 218 girls in the US were named Renee, making it the 1,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,040th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 6,013 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889. 5 boys were also named Renee in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Renee than any year since 1925.

Half of all the girls named Renee in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 236 girls in the US were given Renee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #966, up from #1,098 for this spelling alone.

1889Busiest: 6,013 in 19642025
Renee in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025218#1,098
2024240#1,044
2023230#1,075
2022240#1,059
2021221#1,116
2020242#1,040
2019266#975
2018241#1,063
2017277#952
2016260#1,018
2015241#1,085
2014282#952
2013288#892
2012297#891
2011318#831
2010309#864
2009369#770
2008406#736
2007411#711
2006504#581
2005530#542
2004620#475
2003665#452
2002694#418
2001754#386
2000826#362
1999819#362
1998870#338
1997944#308
1996957#299
1995986#282
19941,051#267
19931,133#246
19921,341#215
19911,409#211
19901,573#184
19891,658#172
19881,893#146
19872,048#134
19862,214#127
19852,440#118
19842,582#107
19832,846#97
19822,894#101
19812,997#98
19802,842#107
19792,979#101
19782,969#99
19773,259#87
19763,314#86
19753,405#87
19743,528#85
19733,846#80
19724,088#77
19714,830#73
19705,373#68
19695,254#67
19685,356#65
19675,564#62
19665,354#66
19655,496#68
19646,013#71
19635,776#74
19626,012#76
19615,782#79
19605,208#93
19594,845#100
19584,499#105
19574,177#111
19564,329#106
19553,692#117
19542,976#132
19532,694#134
19522,179#154
19511,868#164
19501,691#168
19491,733#166
19481,362#198
19471,001#234
1946879#241
1945607#281
1944596#282
1943557#293
1942439#332
1941334#368
1940309#373
1939285#395
1938289#394
1937298#373
1936301#365
1935315#358
1934312#356
1933315#352
1932315#360
1931328#353
1930362#345
1929389#328
1928433#316
1927358#361
1926250#435
1925214#473
1924182#535
1923137#629
1922115#678
1921113#694
1920104#711
191987#752
191874#832
191794#713
191678#775
191584#724
191473#681
191358#678
191248#722
191134#741
191035#710
190937#644
190829#723
190713#1,092
190614#1,002
190517#900
190413#1,001
190313#969
190210#1,133
19018#1,227
19007#1,560
18990–
18985#1,699
18975#1,554
18967#1,292
18957#1,299
18945#1,484
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18897#1,024

Names like Renee

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Connie, Erin, Renae, Ffion, Robyn, Marnie, Holly, Caoimhe, Caitlin, Heidi, Daphne, Keira

Other spellings of Renee

Rene

Names related to Renee

Ren, Reenie, Reine, Renea, Rennie

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian

Every Latin name

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, “Renee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/renee, updated 20 October 2026.