Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Rene

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Reborn
American

Syllables

1

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Rene

Pronunciation

r(e)-ne

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1970 (rank #261, 869 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1091, 197 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1962 (rank #306, 916 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7885, 13 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202519713
202422718
202320120
202223515
202123115
202021720
201923013
201822618
201726016
201624620

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #1449, 17 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1796, 14 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #1076, 19 births); most recent 2024 (rank #2574, 10 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202514–
20241010
202310–
202283
2021177
202085
201946
2018118
201795
2016128

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1920 (rank #4, 15,030 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3272, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1932 (rank #485, 15 births); most recent 1958 (rank #1297, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20236–
20228–
20218–
202010–
20199–
20187–
20173–
201613–
201511–
20146–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #703, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2000 (rank #465, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
20183–
2017––
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #370, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1964 (rank #188, 13 births); most recent 1986 (rank #292, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1972 (rank #301, 8 births); most recent 1976 (rank #390, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––
2015––
2014––

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence