# Renae (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/renae/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,174 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 33 / 14,141 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,064, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 3,259 |
| 2012 | 45 | 3,571 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,866 |
| 2014 | 55 | 3,072 |
| 2015 | 52 | 3,204 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,223 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,237 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3,097 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,540 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3,768 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3,330 |
| 2022 | 43 | 3,642 |
| 2023 | 37 | 4,029 |
| 2024 | 42 | 3,683 |
| 2025 | 48 | 3,287 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 5 | 4,281 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,452 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,951 |
| 1966 | 6 | 3,852 |
| 1981 | 6 | 6,084 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,356 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 766 |
| 2012 | 62 | 663 |
| 2013 | 53 | 743 |
| 2014 | 71 | 582 |
| 2015 | 55 | 722 |
| 2016 | 59 | 693 |
| 2017 | 61 | 673 |
| 2018 | 57 | 701 |
| 2019 | 49 | 770 |
| 2020 | 43 | 840 |
| 2021 | 38 | 918 |
| 2022 | 51 | 718 |
| 2023 | 44 | 813 |
| 2024 | 37 | 952 |
| 2025 | 42 | 845 |

## People named Renae

- Renae Cruz, American pornographic actress
- Renae Jacobs, American actress
- Aly Michalka, American singer and actress (born 1989)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.