girls:
105 births since 1950
#5611 (2nd percentile)
boys:
649 births since 1936
#3938 (14th percentile)
overall:
754 births since 1936
#6985 (10th percentile)
The name Renny is the #6,985 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 754 recorded births since 1936. This represents the 9.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,938 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 649 births since 1936. For girls, it ranks #5,611 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 105 births since 1950.
Renny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1936 (1936 for boys and 1950 for girls). Birth data for Renny is available in 80 out of the 88 years between 1936 and 2023 (76 years for boys and 16 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Renny has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 61.5% of babies named Renny were boys.
For boys, Renny reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #646) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1942, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Renny ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 47.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Renny reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #893) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Renny ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 50.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Renny".
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