Renesmae
Feminine
Renesmae is one of the very few names in this book with a documented author. Renesmee was coined for a character in a novel published in 2008, from the first names of two other characters, and the records show it arriving immediately afterwards.
How old is the name Renesmae?
Renesmae first appears in US birth records in 2012 — 13 years ago. The typical Renesmae is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Renesmae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Renesmae most popular?
Renesmae peaked in 2023, reaching #2730 nationally. Today it ranks #3296, 566 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Renée to Renesmae
The story of Renesmae
Blended names built from two parents' names are an old practice and a well-documented one — Marilyn, Charmaine and a great many family coinages come from it. What is unusual here is that the blending happened in print: a novelist combined the names of two characters to make a third, and thousands of American families adopted the result within a few years. Renesmae is a respelling that swaps the French ending for the plainer English Mae.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name is a blend and has no meaning of its own. Its two halves do: Renée is French for reborn, from Latin renatus; Esmé is French for esteemed, from the verb esmer. The blend carries neither meaning, and the -mae spelling of this version replaces the Esmé element with the English name Mae.
How the name formed
- Renée
- Renesmee
- Renesmae
Related forms: Renesmee
Pronouncing Renesmae
ruh-NEZ-may
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say REN-ez-may.
Nicknames for Renesmae
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2012
- Most girls named
- 202363 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2730reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +14.6%47 in 2025, from 41
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Renesmae in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Renesmee in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Indiana.
Renesmaes among us
people named Renesmae are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 34,197 born in 2025 was named Renesmae
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Renesmae
- #3296
- Renesmae on the 2025 chart
- #899
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Renesmae went to 47 girls in 2025, but Renezmae is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 61, which makes it the 899th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,397 places above the chart.
- Renesmae47
- Renezmae14
About 1 girl in 26,349 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 34,197 for Renesmae itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jeanet test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Renesmae's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jeanet climbed just as high around 1938, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jeanet's path sketches the road Renesmae is walking now.
Renesmae sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Renesmae is headed
Renesmae should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Renesmae beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Renesmae in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It has a documented origin and a documented date, which almost no name can claim.
- Mae and Ren are both complete names that stand on their own.
- The blending practice behind it is genuinely old, even if this instance is not.
- The novel association is total and specific, and it will follow her for life.
- Renesmee is the original spelling and will be assumed by anyone who knows the source.
- Nine letters and three syllables is a great deal for early handwriting.
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Frequently asked
- How many Renesmaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Renesmae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Renesmae?
- Renesmae is the most-used spelling in US records — 47 of the 61 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Renezmae.
- How popular is the name Renesmae in 2025?
- Renesmae ranks #3296 among US girl names in 2025, with 47 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Renesmae?
- About 1 in every 34,197 US girls born in 2025 was named Renesmae — 47 in all.
- Will my child share the name Renesmae with classmates?
- Renesmae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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