Rennie

Q: What does Rennie mean?

Rennie is a boys' name of Scottish origin, Scottish surname from a pet form of Reynold; also a pet form of Renee. Scottish engineer John Rennie designed the London Bridge of 1831, later rebuilt in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Gender: Boy
Say it: REN-ee
Origin: Scottish
UK rank, 2025: #3,329 for boys
US rank, 2025: #7,883 for girls

Rennie is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).

What does Rennie mean?

Scottish: Scottish surname from a pet form of Reynold; also a pet form of Renee

Scottish engineer John Rennie designed the London Bridge of 1831, later rebuilt in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

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

Rennie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 13 girls in the US.

How popular is Rennie in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,329among boys
Babies in 2025: 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 17% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Rennie, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 boys.

Half of all the boys named Rennie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 11 in 20222025

Rennie in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#3,329
2024	3	#5,198
2023	5	#3,712
2022	11	#2,143
2021	6	#3,179
2020	6	#3,108
2019	1	#6,258
2018	5	#3,596
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	3	#4,955
2014	1	#6,179
2013	3	#4,884
2012	0	–
2011	1	#6,218
2010	1	#6,148
2009	1	#6,016
2008	0	–
2007	1	#5,736
2006	1	#5,377
2005	0	–
2004	0	–
2003	3	#3,593
2002	0	–
2001	3	#3,255
2000	3	#3,146
1999	1	#3,925
1998	1	#3,884
1997	0	–
1996	1	#3,776

How popular is Rennie in the US?

Rank in 2025: #7,883among girls
Babies in 2025: 13about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Rennie, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 20 girls.

2025 had more girls named Rennie than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Rennie in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1969. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 1966, 35% of the babies named Rennie in the US were girls.

1880Busiest: 20 in 19222025

Rennie in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	13	#7,883
2024	6	#13,472
2023	9	#10,307
2022	5	#15,300
2021	8	#11,141
2020	7	#12,137
2019	13	#8,134
2018	0	–
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	0	–
2014	6	#14,552
2013	0	–
2012	0	–
2011	0	–
2010	0	–
2009	0	–
2008	0	–
2007	0	–
2006	0	–
2005	5	#16,455
2004	0	–
2003	0	–
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	0	–
1998	6	#12,420
1997	5	#13,719
1996	5	#13,511
1995	0	–
1994	6	#11,771
1993	7	#10,581
1992	0	–
1991	0	–
1990	5	#12,952
1989	8	#8,755
1988	0	–
1987	6	#9,820
1986	0	–
1985	5	#10,672
1984	0	–
1983	6	#9,013
1982	5	#10,514
1981	5	#10,409
1980	5	#10,390
1979	9	#6,694
1978	0	–
1977	8	#6,890
1976	6	#8,154
1975	11	#5,159
1974	8	#6,257
1973	11	#4,869
1972	11	#4,792
1971	16	#3,787
1970	9	#5,412
1969	13	#3,957
1968	10	#4,488
1967	5	#6,803
1966	11	#3,958
1965	16	#3,148
1964	11	#4,095
1963	19	#2,863
1962	16	#3,160
1961	10	#4,238
1960	16	#3,094
1959	13	#3,435
1958	13	#3,378
1957	12	#3,488
1956	18	#2,724
1955	13	#3,224
1954	14	#3,018
1953	11	#3,479
1952	17	#2,580
1951	13	#2,936
1950	12	#3,051
1949	14	#2,725
1948	10	#3,349
1947	15	#2,636
1946	14	#2,596
1945	13	#2,457
1944	9	#3,138
1943	11	#2,860
1942	11	#2,815
1941	5	#4,418
1940	6	#3,861
1939	10	#2,734
1938	11	#2,578
1937	8	#3,145
1936	8	#3,101
1935	12	#2,438
1934	8	#3,157
1933	7	#3,405
1932	0	–
1931	13	#2,306
1930	8	#3,343
1929	0	–
1928	6	#4,193
1927	11	#2,858
1926	11	#2,871
1925	10	#3,115
1924	8	#3,663
1923	5	#4,966
1922	20	#1,957
1921	12	#2,762
1920	11	#2,899
1919	13	#2,515
1918	13	#2,518
1917	14	#2,315
1916	14	#2,246
1915	8	#3,133
1914	8	#2,637
1913	6	#2,825
1912	0	–
1911	0	–
1910	8	#1,773
1909	0	–
1908	6	#1,862
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	6	#1,695
1904	0	–
1903	7	#1,440
1902	0	–
1901	6	#1,466
1900	5	#1,931
1899	0	–
1898	6	#1,501
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	6	#1,278
1891	7	#1,093
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	0	–
1886	0	–
1885	7	#842
1884	0	–
1883	5	#920
1882	5	#908
1881	0	–
1880	5	#836

Names like Rennie

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