Renly
Boy · REN-lee · Modern
Renly is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Renly mean?
Modern: invented by George R. R. Martin
Renly Baratheon is King Robert's youngest brother in A Song of Ice and Fire and its TV adaptation, Game of Thrones.
- Say it
- REN-lee
Is Renly a girl's or a boy's name?
Renly is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 12 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Renly in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Renly, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Renly in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 136 boys in the UK were given Renly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #362, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Renly in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Renly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Renly, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012. 12 girls were also named Renly in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Renly in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 61 boys in the US were given Renly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,958, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 39% of the babies named Renly in the US were girls.
Renly in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,281 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
Nicknames for Renly
- Ren 99 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Renly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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