# Renée (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/renee/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɹɪˈneɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Renee |
| US babies named this | 187,513 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,617 / 185,896 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,851, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Renée, meaning reborn, stemmed from Latin Renata. Feminine form of male René.

## 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 | 318 | 832 |
| 2012 | 297 | 892 |
| 2013 | 288 | 895 |
| 2014 | 282 | 953 |
| 2015 | 241 | 1,086 |
| 2016 | 260 | 1,020 |
| 2017 | 277 | 958 |
| 2018 | 241 | 1,063 |
| 2019 | 266 | 976 |
| 2020 | 242 | 1,041 |
| 2021 | 221 | 1,120 |
| 2022 | 240 | 1,059 |
| 2023 | 230 | 1,078 |
| 2024 | 240 | 1,047 |
| 2025 | 218 | 1,099 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17 | 4,638 |
| 2002 | 14 | 5,336 |
| 2003 | 10 | 7,130 |
| 2004 | 14 | 5,732 |
| 2005 | 13 | 6,146 |
| 2007 | 10 | 8,042 |
| 2008 | 16 | 5,712 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,811 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,414 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,617 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,835 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,707 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,833 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,645 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,462 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 474 |
| 2012 | 98 | 458 |
| 2013 | 74 | 554 |
| 2014 | 103 | 422 |
| 2015 | 83 | 517 |
| 2016 | 92 | 475 |
| 2017 | 92 | 479 |
| 2018 | 86 | 497 |
| 2019 | 91 | 465 |
| 2020 | 73 | 545 |
| 2021 | 78 | 521 |
| 2022 | 91 | 462 |
| 2023 | 71 | 545 |
| 2024 | 76 | 516 |
| 2025 | 62 | 630 |

## People named Renée

- Renée Zellweger, American actress (born 1969)
- Renée Fleming, American opera soprano
- Renée Vivien, British poet who wrote in French
- Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
- Renee of France, French princess (1510-1575)
- Renée Adorée, French actress (1898-1933)
- Renée Taylor, American actress and writer
- Reneé Rapp, American actress and singer
- Ciara Renée, American actress
- Renée Simonot, French actress (1911–2021)
- Renée Colliard, alpine skier
- Renee Olstead, American actress and singer

## 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.