Renee

Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls

Meaning

Renée is a French feminine given name and surname. Renée is the female form of René, with the extra "e" making it feminine according to French grammar. The name Renée is the French form of the late Roman name Renatus and the meaning is reborn or born again.

From Wikipedia

Renee first appears in the data in 1889 and has been recorded in 131 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1962 with 6,013 babies (rank #76 that year). In 2024 it was given to 239 girls (rank #1,048). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Renee

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Renee yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

187,285

Total babies (all years)

131

Years in the data

6,013

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Renee

Renée Zellwegermanufacturer · b. 1969
Renee O'Connorfilm actor · b. 1971
Renée Flemingopera singer · b. 1959
Renée Vivienpoet · b. 1877
Renee of Francearistocrat · b. 1510

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1889	7	#1,124
1894	5	#1,667
1895	7	#1,406
1896	7	#1,396
1897	5	#1,752
1898	5	#1,920
1900	7	#1,698
1901	8	#1,311
1902	10	#1,200
1903	13	#1,018
1904	13	#1,042
1905	17	#919
1906	14	#1,034
1907	13	#1,130
1908	29	#727
1909	37	#658
1910	35	#719
1911	34	#752
1912	48	#727
1913	58	#687
1914	73	#683
1915	84	#730
1916	78	#780
1917	94	#719
1918	74	#840
1919	87	#756
1920	104	#714
1921	113	#698
1922	115	#682
1923	137	#632
1924	182	#536
1925	214	#476
1926	250	#435
1927	358	#361
1928	433	#317
1929	389	#328
1930	362	#348
1931	328	#353
1932	315	#362
1933	315	#353
1934	312	#357
1935	315	#359
1936	301	#365
1937	298	#374
1938	289	#394
1939	285	#395
1940	309	#376
1941	334	#368
1942	439	#332
1943	557	#293
1944	596	#282
1945	607	#281
1946	879	#241
1947	1,001	#234
1948	1,362	#198
1949	1,733	#166
1950	1,691	#168
1951	1,868	#164
1952	2,179	#154
1953	2,694	#134
1954	2,976	#132
1955	3,692	#117
1956	4,330	#106
1957	4,178	#111
1958	4,496	#105
1959	4,845	#100
1960	5,207	#93
1961	5,782	#79
1962	6,013	#76
1963	5,776	#74
1964	6,011	#71
1965	5,497	#68
1966	5,354	#66
1967	5,565	#62
1968	5,354	#65
1969	5,255	#67
1970	5,373	#68
1971	4,830	#73
1972	4,088	#77
1973	3,846	#80
1974	3,528	#85
1975	3,406	#87
1976	3,314	#86
1977	3,259	#87
1978	2,969	#99
1979	2,979	#101
1980	2,842	#107
1981	2,997	#98
1982	2,894	#101
1983	2,846	#97
1984	2,582	#108
1985	2,440	#118
1986	2,214	#127
1987	2,048	#134
1988	1,893	#146
1989	1,658	#172
1990	1,573	#184
1991	1,409	#211
1992	1,341	#215
1993	1,133	#246
1994	1,051	#267
1995	986	#282
1996	957	#299
1997	944	#309
1998	870	#338
1999	819	#362
2000	826	#362
2001	754	#386
2002	694	#419
2003	665	#452
2004	620	#476
2005	529	#544
2006	504	#581
2007	411	#712
2008	406	#736
2009	369	#770
2010	309	#864
2011	318	#832
2012	297	#892
2013	288	#894
2014	282	#953
2015	241	#1,086
2016	259	#1,024
2017	277	#958
2018	241	#1,062
2019	266	#976
2020	242	#1,041
2021	220	#1,123
2022	240	#1,059
2023	230	#1,076
2024	239	#1,048