How rare is the name Renae?

13,024 people in the United States have the first name Renae, about 1 in 23,190. It ranks #2,082 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RENAE

#2,082

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,024
About
1 in 23,190
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,024 people named Renae, 77.9% reported their origin as White, 11.4% as Black and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Renae peaked in 1970, when 386 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19252025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
386
In 2025*
48 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,174 babies have been given the name since 1925. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Renae by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #964. The largest share of babies named Renae, 34.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1920s#11,45212
1930s#4,164123
1940s#2,218434
1950s#1,1602,023
1960s#9643,309
1970s#1,0472,932
1980s#1,3032,363
1990s#2,1481,413
2000s#3,862809
2010s#5,664499
2020s#6,254257
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–451.9%
Baby boom 1946–6428.2%
Generation X 1965–8034.4%
Millennials 1981–9622.1%
Generation Z 1997–129.1%
2013 and later4.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Renae is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Renae has been most common in North Dakota (14×), South Dakota (8.3×), and Minnesota (5.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.13×).

10,004 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Renae

#2,080 Augustine · 13,053#2,081 Celine · 13,037#2,083 Julieta · 13,021#2,084 Opal · 13,016

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Renae, most common first.

#337 Renee · 164,460#632 Rene · 83,545#1,590 Rena · 20,224#8,278 Renay · 1,758#13,686 Renne · 877#18,633 Renie · 577#35,546 Renaye · 226#35,546 Rennae · 226

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