# Renata (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/renata/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “reborn” |
| Pronunciation | /ɹəˈnɑːtʌ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,616 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 14,610 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 206, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Feminine form of Latin saint's name Renatus, from renatus (“reborn”)

## 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 | 362 | 762 |
| 2012 | 372 | 750 |
| 2013 | 350 | 777 |
| 2014 | 436 | 656 |
| 2015 | 447 | 637 |
| 2016 | 576 | 544 |
| 2017 | 685 | 461 |
| 2018 | 613 | 507 |
| 2019 | 645 | 487 |
| 2020 | 600 | 508 |
| 2021 | 581 | 533 |
| 2022 | 640 | 492 |
| 2023 | 653 | 472 |
| 2024 | 594 | 520 |
| 2025 | 635 | 481 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6 | 6,078 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 | 1,901 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Renáta
- Dutch: Renate
- French: Renée
- German: Renate
- Hungarian: Renáta
- Italian: Renata
- Latvian: Renāte
- Norwegian: Renate
- Polish: Renata
- Portuguese: Renata
- Russian: Рена́та
- Slovak: Renáta
- Spanish: Renata

## People named Renata

- Renáta Tomanová, Czechoslovakian tennis player
- Renata Voráčová, Czech female tennis player
- Renata Sorrah, Brazilian actress
- Renata Adler, American author, journalist and film critic
- Archduchess Renata of Austria, Austrian princess (1888-1935)
- Renata Costa, Brazilian association football player
- Renata Fast, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
- Renata Vasconcellos, Brazilian journalist (born 1972)
- Renata Sabljak, Croatian actress and singer
- Renata Zachová, Czech judoka
- Renée Fleming, American opera soprano
- Renee of France, French princess (1510-1575)

## 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.