Renee

femaleLatin ('reborn'), reaching English through the French Renée

The English form of Renée, from Latin roots meaning 'reborn' — a name signifying spiritual rebirth.

Origin: Latin ('reborn'), reaching English through the French Renée

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1960 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #15 in New South Wales, Australia in 1978. See regions.

Renee: Recorded since 1960, it reached #15 in 1977, and it stood at #630 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
146times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#15highest recorded position
40groupings it qualifies for
13names it appears alongside

What stands out in Renee's record

Held a top-100 place for 32 years running. Names by top-100 run

ruh-NAY/ɹə.ˈneɪ/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: HighCompleteness: CompleteEditorial review: 2026-07-21

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Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

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Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

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Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Latin ('reborn'), reaching English through the French Renée
Meaning: The English form of Renée, from Latin roots meaning 'reborn' — a name signifying spiritual rebirth.
Pronunciation: ruh-NAY
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Latin ('reborn'), reaching English through the French Renée

Popularity

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#446
1997	#329
1998	#403
1999	#325
2000	#316
2001	#295
2002	#313
2003	#305
2004	#318
2005	#360
2006	#336
2007	#439
2008	#411
2009	#428
2010	#421
2011	#474
2012	#458
2013	#554
2014	#422
2015	#517
2016	#475
2017	#479
2018	#497
2019	#465
2020	#545
2021	#521
2022	#462
2023	#545
2024	#516
2025	#630

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 25 of the 50 years from 1966 to 2015.

In 2024: #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, #384 among girls in Scotland, #516 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1960–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1960
First recorded at #487 among girls in Norway in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #630 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Renee appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1960, and has registered 225 births with the name.

Renee across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Renee's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#269 (2000)	#751 (2015)	25 of 50	125 (1966–2015)	11 (2000)
Norway · Girls	#487 (1960)	#341 (1988)	#650 (1994)	30 of 35	225 (1960–1994)	14 (1988)
England and Wales · Girls	#446 (1996)	#295 (2001)	#630 (2025)	30 of 30	2,851 (1996–2025)	131 (2003)
New Zealand · Girls	#92 (1975)	#19 (1985)	#91 (2003)	29 of 29	3,387 (1975–2003)	190 (1984)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#66 (1972)	#15 (1977)	#79 (1996)	25 of 25	5,552 (1972–1996)	373 (1978)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#286 (2002)	#286 (2002)	#288 (2024)	6 of 23	23 (2002–2024)	5 (2024)

Renee by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Renee in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	350	4 of 10	88
2000sbusiest	1,139	10 of 10	114
2010s	911	10 of 10	91
2020s	451	6 of 10	75

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 114 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births rose by 37, from 67 to 104.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Renee appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1960 and 2025, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #15, first reached in 1977.

It held a top-100 place in 32 years, 32 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 373 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1978.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1966, and 64 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Renee was ranked #15 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rene · #175, 69y
Renea · #2683, 17y
Renesmae · #774, 13y
Renesme · #1863, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maya · #15, 61y
Vanessa · #15, 63y
Alexandra · #16, 64y
Isabelle · #17, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Maya · #15, 61y
Siobhán · #15, 62y
Vanessa · #15, 63y
Brendan · #16, 62y

Comparisons involving Renee

Existing comparison pages where Renee and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Renee in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Hayley vs Renee
Hayley and Renee changed places 12 times in New Zealand · Girls between 1975 and 2003, ending at #30 and #91.
Hayley · Renee · 29 shared years, 1975–2003 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2003 New Zealand ranking
Jennifer vs Renee
Jennifer and Renee changed places 12 times in New Zealand · Girls between 1975 and 2003, ending at #84 and #91.
Jennifer · Renee · 28 shared years, 1975–2003 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2003 New Zealand ranking
Melanie vs Renee
Across 25 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Melanie and Renee averaged 11.2 places apart, ending at #78 and #79.
Melanie · Renee · 25 shared years, 1972–1996 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1996 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Renee within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Angela vs Renee
Across 25 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Angela and Renee averaged 12.6 places apart, ending at #66 and #79.
Angela · Renee · 25 shared years, 1972–1996 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1996 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Renee and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jessica vs Renee
In 1982, Jessica moved ahead of Renee in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #21 and #20 the year before became #7 and #27.
Jessica · Renee · 21 shared years, 1976–1996 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1982 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Nicola vs Renee
In New Zealand · Girls, Renee moved into the top 50 at #20 in 1993 as Nicola fell out of it to #59, having been #48 the year before.
Nicola · Renee · 22 shared years, 1975–1996 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1993 New Zealand ranking
Renee vs Stacey
In New Zealand · Girls, Renee moved into the top 50 at #20 in 1993 as Stacey fell out of it to #58, having been #37 the year before.
Renee · Stacey · 22 shared years, 1975–1996 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1993 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Renee measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Renee at its highest position.

Renee vs Kayla
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Kayla moved into the top 50 at #28 in 1990 as Renee fell out of it to #67, having been #42 the year before.
Renee · Kayla · 11 shared years, 1985–1996 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1990 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Renee and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Renee without appearing here.

Renee moved ahead of

Brittany
In 2000 they stood at #316 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #295 and #871.
Jodie
In 2011 they stood at #474 and #468 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #458 and #768.
Debra
In 2001 they stood at #576 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #312 and #620.
Stephanie
In 2023 they stood at #545 and #516 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #516 and #811.

Moved ahead of Renee

Megan
In 1995 they stood at #391 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #471 and #10.
Isla
In 2005 they stood at #424 and #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #764 and #394.
Maisie
In 2008 they stood at #286 and #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #419 and #104.
Maya
In 2008 they stood at #286 and #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #419 and #113.

Moved the opposite way to Renee

Alexandra
Between 1966 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Renee went from #380 to #751 while Alexandra went from #288 to #78.
Alice
Between 1966 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Renee went from #380 to #751 while Alice went from #73 to #40.
Anna
Between 1966 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Renee went from #380 to #751 while Anna went from #36 to #14.
Annie
Between 1966 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Renee went from #380 to #751 while Annie went from #139 to #83.

Moved the same way as Renee

Alma
Between 1966 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Renee went from #380 to #751 and Alma from #310 to #581.
Audrey
Between 1966 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Renee went from #380 to #751 and Audrey from #63 to #532.
Camilla
Between 1966 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Renee went from #380 to #751 and Camilla from #236 to #751.
Eileen
Between 1966 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Renee went from #380 to #751 and Eileen from #18 to #362.

Meaning & Origin

The English form of Renée, from Latin roots meaning 'reborn' — a name signifying spiritual rebirth.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Latin ('reborn'), reaching English through the French Renée

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Renee is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Renee, between 1960 and 2025, in 64 of those 66 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1960–1994	30	#341 in 1988
Republic of Ireland	1966–2015	25	#269 in 2000
New South Wales, Australia	1972–1996	25	#15 in 1977
New Zealand	1975–2003	29	#19 in 1985
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#295 in 2001
Northern Ireland	2002–2024	6	#286 in 2002
Scotland	2024	1	#384 in 2024

Its high point came 47 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (1977) than in Scotland (2024).

Variants

Renée · spelling

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

Common alternate spellings: Renée.

Pronunciation

ruh-NAY/ɹə.ˈneɪ/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Renee Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Renee in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Renee

Renee at a glance

What stands out in Renee's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Renee across 6 official records

Renee by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Renee appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Renee

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Renee

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Renee and the names beside it

Renee moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Renee

Moved the opposite way to Renee

Moved the same way as Renee

Meaning & Origin

Where Renee is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Renee Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Renee at a glance

What stands out in Renee's record

Renee across 6 official records

Renee by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Renee appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Renee

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Renee

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Renee and the names beside it

Renee moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Renee

Moved the opposite way to Renee

Moved the same way as Renee