Renji
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REN-jee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Renji is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Renji mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji used
Renji Abarai is a character in the manga and anime Bleach.
Is Renji a girl's or a boy's name?
Renji is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Renji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Renji, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Renji in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Renji in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
Names like Renji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rumi Tru Loki Kairo Yuri Akari Ryu Sakai Kaizen Hiro Yug Kenzo
More Japanese names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Renji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/renji, updated 20 October 2026.