Renesmee
Feminine · “reborn and esteemed”
Renesmee was invented for a single novel in 2008 — the author built it from the two grandmothers' names, Renée and Esmé, and said so in the book itself.
How old is the name Renesmee?
Renesmee first appears in US birth records in 2009 — 16 years ago. The typical Renesmee is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,100 people named Renesmee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Renesmee most popular?
Renesmee peaked in 2024, reaching #1314 nationally. Today it ranks #1534, 220 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Renée to Renesmee
The story of Renesmee
Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn, published in August 2008, gives the name to a character and explains its construction on the page. The American registers show it appearing that year from a base of essentially zero, peaking within two years, and settling into steady low use — one of the fastest and best-documented arrivals of any name in the data.
Meaning
reborn and esteemed
A stated blend of Renée and Esmé. Renée is the Latin renatus, 'reborn'; Esmé is the Old French esmé, 'esteemed' or 'loved', from the past participle of esmer. Both halves are documented names, and the author names the construction explicitly, so the etymology is unusually certain.
How the name formed
- Renée
- Esmé
- Renesmee
Related forms: Renesme · Renée · Esmé
Pronouncing Renesmee
ruh-NEZ-may
Three syllables, stress in the middle. The final syllable takes the é sound of Esmé rather than an English -ee.
Nicknames for Renesmee
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
- 2009
- Most girls named
- 2024175 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1314reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −21.1%138 in 2025, from 175
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.
Renesmee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Renesme in English — spelling variant
- Renée in French — related form
- Esmé in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Renesmees among us
people named Renesmee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,647 born in 2025 was named Renesmee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Renesmee
- #1534
- Renesmee on the 2025 chart
- #797
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Renesmee went to 138 girls in 2025, but Renesme is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 163, which makes it the 797th most-given girls’ name of the year — 737 places above the chart.
- Renesmee138
- Renesme25
About 1 girl in 9,861 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 11,647 for Renesmee 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 Mikki test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Renesmee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mikki climbed just as high around 1962, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mikki's path sketches the road Renesmee is walking now.
Renesmee 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 Renesmee is headed
Renesmee should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Renesmee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Renesmee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Its construction is stated by the author, which almost no other name can claim.
- Both halves are genuine names with transparent and attractive meanings.
- Ren and Nessie are two short forms at very different registers.
- The association with one novel is total and inescapable.
- The pronunciation is not obvious from the spelling.
- It is sharply dated to 2008 and the years immediately after.
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Frequently asked
- How many Renesmees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Renesmee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Renesmee?
- Renesmee is the most-used spelling in US records — 138 of the 163 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Renesme.
- How popular is the name Renesmee in 2025?
- Renesmee ranks #1534 among US girl names in 2025, with 138 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Renesmee?
- About 1 in every 11,647 US girls born in 2025 was named Renesmee — 138 in all.
- Will my child share the name Renesmee with classmates?
- Renesmee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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