The first name Renate
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Renate at birth, 1880–2025
In 2020, 6 girls born in the United States were named Renate, the 14,753rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1961, when 67 were.
1,265
babies named Renate since 1880
#14,753
rank in 2020
1961
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Renate
19 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Renate GötschlAustrian Alpine skier, born 1975
- Renate StecherEast German sprinter, born 1950
- Renate DorresteinDutch author, journalist, feminist (1954-2018)
- Renate MüllerGerman actress (1906–1937)
- Renate JansenDutch footballer, born 1990
- Renate GroenewoldDutch speed skater and cyclist, born 1976
- Renate BlumeGerman actress, born 1944
- Renate KrößnerGerman actress (1945-2020)
- Renate LingorGerman association football player, born 1975
- Renate HolmGerman-Austrian actress, singer and opera singer, 1931–2022
- Renate BreuerCanoe racer, born 1939
- Renate VogelEast German swimmer, born 1955
Questions
- Is Renate a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 1,265 US babies named Renate since 1880 were girls.
- When was Renate most popular?
- 1961 in the United States, when 67 babies were named Renate, its highest rank at 1,371st.