Is Rene a boy or girl name?
Rene is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 18 girls and 227 boys were named Rene, so 7.3% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 30.1% of the 72,568 US babies named Rene were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #990
- Girl rank, 2024
- #6,564
- Babies named Rene since 1880
- 72,568
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 1,648 babies
Boys and girls named Rene, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | 19 | 27.5% |
| 1890s | 84 | 53 | 38.7% |
| 1900s | 144 | 92 | 39% |
| 1910s | 840 | 231 | 21.6% |
| 1920s | 1,854 | 385 | 17.2% |
| 1930s | 1,742 | 386 | 18.1% |
| 1940s | 2,672 | 918 | 25.6% |
| 1950s | 4,946 | 4,733 | 48.9% |
| 1960s | 7,349 | 7,325 | 49.9% |
| 1970s | 7,265 | 3,693 | 33.7% |
| 1980s | 7,256 | 2,160 | 22.9% |
| 1990s | 7,140 | 1,093 | 13.3% |
| 2000s | 5,404 | 462 | 7.9% |
| 2010s | 2,883 | 190 | 6.2% |
| 2020s | 1,111 | 88 | 7.3% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 227 | #990 | 18 | #6,564 |
| 2023 | 201 | #1,078 | 20 | #6,111 |
| 2022 | 235 | #965 | 15 | #7,563 |
| 2021 | 231 | #967 | 15 | #7,555 |
| 2020 | 217 | #984 | 20 | #6,032 |
| 2019 | 230 | #940 | 13 | #8,513 |
| 2018 | 226 | #931 | 18 | #6,734 |
| 2017 | 260 | #850 | 16 | #7,363 |
| 2016 | 246 | #889 | 20 | #6,364 |
| 2015 | 277 | #820 | 19 | #6,672 |
| 2014 | 287 | #803 | 21 | #6,164 |
| 2013 | 291 | #771 | 23 | #5,793 |
| 2012 | 315 | #736 | 14 | #8,539 |
| 2011 | 363 | #649 | 29 | #4,890 |
| 2010 | 388 | #627 | 17 | #7,442 |
| 2009 | 410 | #615 | 21 | #6,502 |
| 2008 | 464 | #561 | 35 | #4,433 |
| 2007 | 507 | #517 | 29 | #5,067 |
| 2006 | 524 | #496 | 31 | #4,662 |
| 2005 | 524 | #479 | 48 | #3,252 |
| 2004 | 573 | #452 | 42 | #3,555 |
| 2003 | 563 | #445 | 44 | #3,338 |
| 2002 | 586 | #420 | 58 | #2,666 |
| 2001 | 591 | #420 | 65 | #2,431 |
| 2000 | 662 | #386 | 89 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 610 | #401 | 78 | #2,014 |
| 1998 | 613 | #399 | 83 | #1,864 |
| 1997 | 640 | #381 | 103 | #1,568 |
| 1996 | 650 | #367 | 92 | #1,667 |
| 1995 | 699 | #351 | 97 | #1,574 |
| 1994 | 744 | #334 | 119 | #1,386 |
| 1993 | 738 | #340 | 110 | #1,457 |
| 1992 | 774 | #328 | 134 | #1,281 |
| 1991 | 834 | #310 | 131 | #1,282 |
| 1990 | 838 | #303 | 146 | #1,179 |
| 1989 | 739 | #323 | 165 | #1,041 |
| 1988 | 755 | #303 | 166 | #994 |
| 1987 | 707 | #304 | 184 | #906 |
| 1986 | 757 | #278 | 201 | #830 |
| 1985 | 732 | #280 | 192 | #847 |
| 1984 | 766 | #273 | 209 | #774 |
| 1983 | 811 | #256 | 221 | #743 |
| 1982 | 652 | #303 | 276 | #648 |
| 1981 | 662 | #297 | 282 | #633 |
| 1980 | 675 | #300 | 264 | #669 |
| 1979 | 721 | #282 | 255 | #676 |
| 1978 | 680 | #286 | 286 | #596 |
| 1977 | 688 | #282 | 292 | #591 |
| 1976 | 687 | #277 | 275 | #591 |
| 1975 | 688 | #279 | 325 | #532 |
| 1974 | 725 | #266 | 344 | #506 |
| 1973 | 687 | #271 | 406 | #454 |
| 1972 | 765 | #259 | 456 | #425 |
| 1971 | 755 | #279 | 507 | #418 |
| 1970 | 869 | #261 | 547 | #414 |
| 1969 | 815 | #256 | 670 | #350 |
| 1968 | 710 | #277 | 670 | #338 |
| 1967 | 764 | #265 | 610 | #362 |
| 1966 | 675 | #287 | 586 | #378 |
| 1965 | 746 | #273 | 635 | #361 |
| 1964 | 778 | #278 | 654 | #371 |
| 1963 | 715 | #289 | 817 | #331 |
| 1962 | 732 | #284 | 916 | #306 |
| 1961 | 704 | #292 | 857 | #323 |
| 1960 | 710 | #295 | 910 | #312 |
| 1959 | 658 | #302 | 819 | #330 |
| 1958 | 553 | #326 | 621 | #367 |
| 1957 | 554 | #327 | 634 | #361 |
| 1956 | 539 | #321 | 613 | #352 |
| 1955 | 528 | #322 | 465 | #407 |
| 1954 | 499 | #327 | 405 | #435 |
| 1953 | 426 | #339 | 367 | #450 |
| 1952 | 429 | #334 | 326 | #468 |
| 1951 | 371 | #357 | 261 | #515 |
| 1950 | 389 | #342 | 222 | #558 |
| 1949 | 349 | #361 | 177 | #623 |
| 1948 | 369 | #349 | 162 | #656 |
| 1947 | 356 | #364 | 162 | #657 |
| 1946 | 327 | #361 | 98 | #837 |
| 1945 | 248 | #378 | 68 | #923 |
| 1944 | 206 | #425 | 74 | #891 |
| 1943 | 238 | #398 | 53 | #1,109 |
| 1942 | 219 | #417 | 54 | #1,073 |
| 1941 | 192 | #424 | 47 | #1,082 |
| 1940 | 168 | #448 | 23 | #1,675 |
| 1939 | 205 | #399 | 41 | #1,146 |
| 1938 | 190 | #411 | 45 | #1,077 |
| 1937 | 177 | #428 | 34 | #1,249 |
| 1936 | 168 | #431 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1935 | 166 | #443 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1934 | 155 | #452 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1933 | 157 | #441 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1932 | 181 | #417 | 35 | #1,232 |
| 1931 | 161 | #445 | 45 | #1,056 |
| 1930 | 182 | #436 | 40 | #1,193 |
| 1929 | 198 | #419 | 42 | #1,152 |
| 1928 | 206 | #418 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1927 | 212 | #415 | 29 | #1,552 |
| 1926 | 198 | #431 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1925 | 178 | #452 | 35 | #1,369 |
| 1924 | 185 | #450 | 38 | #1,318 |
| 1923 | 192 | #438 | 34 | #1,381 |
| 1922 | 182 | #460 | 44 | #1,166 |
| 1921 | 162 | #485 | 42 | #1,199 |
| 1920 | 141 | #515 | 35 | #1,345 |
| 1919 | 118 | #553 | 21 | #1,844 |
| 1918 | 123 | #543 | 41 | #1,180 |
| 1917 | 135 | #494 | 35 | #1,237 |
| 1916 | 117 | #532 | 28 | #1,402 |
| 1915 | 105 | #547 | 22 | #1,612 |
| 1914 | 89 | #523 | 15 | #1,806 |
| 1913 | 36 | #801 | 22 | #1,220 |
| 1912 | 49 | #580 | 20 | #1,209 |
| 1911 | 39 | #470 | 14 | #1,284 |
| 1910 | 29 | #533 | 13 | #1,323 |
| 1909 | 15 | #745 | 8 | #1,733 |
| 1908 | 20 | #577 | 9 | #1,523 |
| 1907 | 19 | #583 | 12 | #1,196 |
| 1906 | 21 | #501 | 11 | #1,215 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,069 | 9 | #1,397 |
| 1904 | 17 | #559 | 6 | #1,825 |
| 1903 | 15 | #590 | 5 | #2,028 |
| 1902 | 11 | #728 | 9 | #1,305 |
| 1901 | 9 | #771 | 12 | #998 |
| 1900 | 10 | #892 | 11 | #1,214 |
| 1899 | 10 | #704 | 7 | #1,369 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,097 | 8 | #1,359 |
| 1897 | 16 | #512 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 11 | #714 | 8 | #1,282 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,059 | 11 | #1,042 |
| 1894 | 7 | #935 | 7 | #1,329 |
| 1893 | 10 | #695 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #936 | 6 | #1,419 |
| 1891 | 6 | #938 | 6 | #1,309 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,126 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 9 | #712 | 7 | #1,123 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,113 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #830 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,069 | 5 | #1,168 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,092 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 8 | #713 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #925 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #978 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,034 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Rene reached #256 in 1969. As a girl name, it reached #306 in 1962. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1960s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Rene
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.