Rene**
#398 most common boys' name of all time · #873 across all names · 70% male / 30% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#398
Rank overall
#873 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
72,779
Since 2016
2,438
Peak year
1962 #284
Best rank
#256 1969
Girls
Boys
peak 1,649/yr
Rene is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 197 | 210 | #1,093 |
| 2024 | 18 | 227 | 245 | #989 |
| 2023 | 20 | 201 | 221 | #1,074 |
| 2022 | 15 | 235 | 250 | #963 |
| 2021 | 15 | 231 | 246 | #966 |
| 2020 | 20 | 217 | 237 | #983 |
| 2019 | 13 | 230 | 243 | #939 |
| 2018 | 18 | 226 | 244 | #931 |
| 2017 | 16 | 260 | 276 | #850 |
| 2016 | 20 | 246 | 266 | #889 |
| 2015 | 19 | 277 | 296 | #817 |
| 2014 | 21 | 287 | 308 | #802 |
| 2013 | 23 | 291 | 314 | #771 |
| 2012 | 14 | 315 | 329 | #737 |
| 2011 | 29 | 363 | 392 | #647 |
| 2010 | 17 | 388 | 405 | #628 |
| 2009 | 21 | 410 | 431 | #614 |
| 2008 | 35 | 464 | 499 | #561 |
| 2007 | 29 | 507 | 536 | #516 |
| 2006 | 31 | 524 | 555 | #495 |
| 2005 | 48 | 524 | 572 | #478 |
| 2004 | 42 | 573 | 615 | #452 |
| 2003 | 44 | 563 | 607 | #445 |
| 2002 | 58 | 586 | 644 | #419 |
| 2001 | 65 | 591 | 656 | #420 |
| 2000 | 89 | 662 | 751 | #386 |
| 1999 | 78 | 610 | 688 | #400 |
| 1998 | 83 | 613 | 696 | #399 |
| 1997 | 103 | 640 | 743 | #381 |
| 1996 | 92 | 650 | 742 | #367 |
| 1995 | 97 | 699 | 796 | #351 |
| 1994 | 119 | 744 | 863 | #334 |
| 1993 | 110 | 738 | 848 | #340 |
| 1992 | 134 | 774 | 908 | #328 |
| 1991 | 131 | 834 | 965 | #310 |
| 1990 | 146 | 838 | 984 | #303 |
| 1989 | 165 | 739 | 904 | #324 |
| 1988 | 166 | 755 | 921 | #303 |
| 1987 | 183 | 707 | 890 | #304 |
| 1986 | 201 | 757 | 958 | #278 |
| 1985 | 192 | 732 | 924 | #280 |
| 1984 | 209 | 767 | 976 | #272 |
| 1983 | 221 | 811 | 1,032 | #256 |
| 1982 | 276 | 652 | 928 | #303 |
| 1981 | 282 | 662 | 944 | #297 |
| 1980 | 264 | 675 | 939 | #300 |
| 1979 | 255 | 721 | 976 | #282 |
| 1978 | 286 | 680 | 966 | #286 |
| 1977 | 292 | 688 | 980 | #282 |
| 1976 | 275 | 688 | 963 | #277 |
| 1975 | 325 | 688 | 1,013 | #279 |
| 1974 | 344 | 725 | 1,069 | #266 |
| 1973 | 406 | 687 | 1,093 | #271 |
| 1972 | 456 | 765 | 1,221 | #259 |
| 1971 | 507 | 755 | 1,262 | #279 |
| 1970 | 547 | 869 | 1,416 | #261 |
| 1969 | 670 | 815 | 1,485 | #256 |
| 1968 | 670 | 711 | 1,381 | #277 |
| 1967 | 609 | 764 | 1,373 | #265 |
| 1966 | 586 | 675 | 1,261 | #287 |
| 1965 | 635 | 746 | 1,381 | #273 |
| 1964 | 654 | 778 | 1,432 | #278 |
| 1963 | 817 | 715 | 1,532 | #289 |
| 1962 | 916 | 733 | 1,649 | #284 |
| 1961 | 857 | 704 | 1,561 | #292 |
| 1960 | 910 | 710 | 1,620 | #295 |
| 1959 | 819 | 658 | 1,477 | #302 |
| 1958 | 621 | 554 | 1,175 | #326 |
| 1957 | 634 | 553 | 1,187 | #327 |
| 1956 | 613 | 539 | 1,152 | #321 |
| 1955 | 465 | 528 | 993 | #322 |
| 1954 | 405 | 499 | 904 | #326 |
| 1953 | 367 | 426 | 793 | #338 |
| 1952 | 326 | 429 | 755 | #334 |
| 1951 | 261 | 371 | 632 | #357 |
| 1950 | 222 | 389 | 611 | #342 |
| 1949 | 177 | 349 | 526 | #361 |
| 1948 | 162 | 369 | 531 | #349 |
| 1947 | 162 | 356 | 518 | #363 |
| 1946 | 98 | 327 | 425 | #361 |
| 1945 | 68 | 248 | 316 | #378 |
| 1944 | 74 | 206 | 280 | #425 |
| 1943 | 53 | 238 | 291 | #398 |
| 1942 | 54 | 218 | 272 | #417 |
| 1941 | 47 | 192 | 239 | #425 |
| 1940 | 23 | 168 | 191 | #448 |
| 1939 | 41 | 205 | 246 | #398 |
| 1938 | 45 | 190 | 235 | #411 |
| 1937 | 34 | 177 | 211 | #427 |
| 1936 | 35 | 168 | 203 | #431 |
| 1935 | 33 | 166 | 199 | #443 |
| 1934 | 33 | 155 | 188 | #452 |
| 1933 | 45 | 157 | 202 | #441 |
| 1932 | 35 | 181 | 216 | #417 |
| 1931 | 45 | 161 | 206 | #445 |
| 1930 | 40 | 182 | 222 | #435 |
| 1929 | 42 | 198 | 240 | #419 |
| 1928 | 44 | 206 | 250 | #418 |
| 1927 | 29 | 212 | 241 | #415 |
| 1926 | 42 | 198 | 240 | #431 |
| 1925 | 35 | 178 | 213 | #452 |
| 1924 | 38 | 185 | 223 | #450 |
| 1923 | 34 | 192 | 226 | #439 |
| 1922 | 44 | 182 | 226 | #460 |
| 1921 | 42 | 162 | 204 | #486 |
| 1920 | 35 | 141 | 176 | #515 |
| 1919 | 21 | 118 | 139 | #552 |
| 1918 | 41 | 123 | 164 | #542 |
| 1917 | 35 | 135 | 170 | #495 |
| 1916 | 28 | 117 | 145 | #531 |
| 1915 | 22 | 105 | 127 | #548 |
| 1914 | 15 | 89 | 104 | #523 |
| 1913 | 22 | 36 | 58 | #802 |
| 1912 | 20 | 49 | 69 | #583 |
| 1911 | 14 | 39 | 53 | #470 |
| 1910 | 13 | 29 | 42 | #534 |
| 1909 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #740 |
| 1908 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #582 |
| 1907 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #585 |
| 1906 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #502 |
| 1905 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #1,037 |
| 1904 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #561 |
| 1903 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #591 |
| 1902 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #727 |
| 1901 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #757 |
| 1900 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #872 |
| 1899 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #699 |
| 1898 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #1,050 |
| 1897 | — | 16 | 16 | #511 |
| 1896 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #710 |
| 1895 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #1,018 |
| 1894 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #898 |
| 1893 | — | 10 | 10 | #691 |
| 1892 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #918 |
| 1891 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #905 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,062 |
| 1889 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #712 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #809 |
| 1885 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #1,005 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,023 |
| 1883 | — | 8 | 8 | #710 |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | #894 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #924 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,034 |