Renton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REN-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Renton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Renton mean?
English: surname from a place name
Mark Renton is the narrator of Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel Trainspotting.
Is Renton a girl's or a boy's name?
Renton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Renton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Renton, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Renton in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Renton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Renton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Colson Easton Kingston Stetson Lawson Boston Brixton Deacon Wesson Jackson Axton
More English 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, “Renton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/renton, updated 20 October 2026.