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Renley

Boy · REN-lee · Modern

Renley is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 406th for boys in the UK (115 babies) and 1,309th for girls in the US (170 babies).

What does Renley mean?

Modern: modern coinage on the pattern of names ending in -ley

Formed like Finley and Brantley; the similar Renly Baratheon is a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.

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

Renley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 115 boys in the UK and 170 girls and 26 boys in the US.

How popular is Renley in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#406among boys
Babies in 2025
115about 1 in 2,600 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 613% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 115 boys in the UK were named Renley, making it the 406th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. 6 girls were also named Renley in 2025 (3,776th for girls).

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Renley of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.

Half of all the boys named Renley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 136 boys in the UK were given Renley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #362, up from #406 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 379th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.

2014Busiest: 115 in 20252025
Renley in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025115#406
202485#514
202321#1,355
202220#1,404
202110#2,257
20206#3,108
201915#1,683
201810#2,234
20173#4,995
20166#3,241
20153#4,955
20143#4,829

How popular is Renley in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,309among girls
Babies in 2025
170about 1 in 9,500 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 132% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 170 girls in the US were named Renley, making it the 1,309th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,115th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 205 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012. 26 boys were also named Renley in 2025 (4,049th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Renley in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,789 girls in the US were given Renley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #74, up from #1,309 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 67% of the babies named Renley in the US in 2014, and 87% in 2025.

2012Busiest: 205 in 20242025
Renley in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025170#1,309
2024205#1,169
2023173#1,310
2022174#1,348
2021104#1,897
202086#2,115
201978#2,305
201872#2,457
201750#3,192
201625#5,283
201520#6,234
201420#6,205
201310#10,230
20125#16,863

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