René

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Also spelled: Rene (4)

Origin: French

Meaning

René is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name.

From Wikipedia

René first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1964 with 1,563 babies (rank #18 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of René

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

32,255
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
1,563
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955595#38
1956686#33
1957868#28
19581,109#25
19591,205#23
19601,271#19
19611,346#19
19621,479#19
19631,520#18
19641,563#18
19651,537#15
19661,452#14
19671,523#13
19681,510#12
19691,448#16
19701,225#18
19711,141#18
1972918#20
1973814#24
1974706#25
1975559#29
1976533#33
1977478#39
1978500#39
1979492#37
1980462#41
1981465#39
1982432#44
1983428#41
1984387#49
1985394#50
1986383#49
1987406#46
1988313#69
1989355#56
1990256#84
1991196#108
1992178#113
1993140#146
1994132#160
1995131#152
199688#212
199786#219
199869#263
199964#282
200067#272
200155#313
200244#360
200330#448
200427#462
200526#463
200619#552
200714#616
200819#535
200910#729
201011#700
20115#941
20127#838
20137#841
201413#611