How rare is the name Renate?

5,847 people in the United States have the first name Renate, about 1 in 51,656. It ranks #3,536 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RENATE

#3,536

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,847
About
1 in 51,656
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,847 people named Renate, 94.1% reported their origin as White, 2.8% as Black and 1.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Renate peaked in 1961, when 67 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172020
Peak year
1961
Births that year
67
In 2020
6 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,265 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Renate by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,756. The largest share of babies named Renate, 43.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#11,6155
1930s#7,69532
1940s#7,66438
1950s#3,375269
1960s#2,756452
1970s#5,447195
1980s#7,824146
1990s#14,87180
2000s#27,76534
2010s#43,0268
2020s#36,8006
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–454.1%
Baby boom 1946–6443.1%
Generation X 1965–8032.4%
Millennials 1981–9614.6%
Generation Z 1997–124.3%
2013 and later1.1%

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.

Either side of Renate

#3,534 Ram · 5,850#3,535 Amirah · 5,848#3,537 Florentino · 5,846#3,538 Tad · 5,844

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,848 Renata · 15,740#2,518 Renato · 9,661#35,667 Renat · 225

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