girls:
169 births since 2014
#5547 (3rd percentile)
boys:
383 births since 2012
#4203 (8th percentile)
overall:
552 births since 2012
#7187 (7th percentile)
The name Renly is the #7,187 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 552 recorded births since 2012. This represents the 7.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,203 (8.3% percentile) for all time with 383 births since 2012. For girls, it ranks #5,547 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 169 births since 2014.
Renly first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2012 (2012 for boys and 2014 for girls).
The name Renly has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 59.5% of babies named Renly were boys.
For boys, Renly reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #852) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Renly ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 35.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Renly reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #923) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Renly ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 37.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Renly".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Renly. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Renly is pronounced as REHN-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is rehn-LEE, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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