Renee
Pronounced R AH0 N EY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1962
- 140 years in use
- 13 spellings
How popular is Renee?
Renee is a girls' name, and first appears in 1885. It has been given to 209,643 children — the 215th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 30% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1962, when 6,978 children were given it.
13 other spellings are counted in that total — Rene, Renie, Raynee and ten more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Renee and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Rene
- Renie
- Raynee
- Raynie
- Reyne
- Reni
- Rennee
- Rayni
- Raeni
- Renni
- Raenee
- Reanee
- Raene
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R AH0 N EY1 · R EH1 N N IY1 · R EY1 N AY1 · R EY1 N EY1 · R EY1 N IY1 · R IY1 N AY1 · R IY1 N IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 01 · 11 · 11 · 11 · 11 · 11 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Renee
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Renee
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Renee?
- Renee ranks 215th among girls' names in US records, with 209,643 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,987.
- Is Renee a unisex name?
- No. Renee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Renee most popular?
- 1962, when 6,978 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Renee spelled?
- Rene, Renie, Raynee, Raynie, Reyne, Reni, Rennee, Rayni, Raeni, Renni, Raenee, Reanee, Raene. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.