Renlee
Feminine
Renlee is given to both — 584 girls and 27 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Renlee joins a Ren- front to the -lee ending, and Ren behind it may be the Latin renatus — reborn — or simply a sound families liked.
How old is the name Renlee?
Renlee first appears in US birth records in 2012 — 13 years ago. Renlee is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Renlees are still in diapers. About 600 people named Renlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Renlee most popular?
Renlee peaked in 2025, reaching #1833 nationally. Today it ranks #1833, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Renlee
Our story of Renlee is a story of an ending looking for fronts. By the 2010s American naming had -lee and -leigh attaching to almost anything — Brinlee, Kinlee, Emmalee, Renlee. What each family brought to the front differed: some had Renée in mind, some Wren, some only the sound. Renlee appears in the registers in that decade in small numbers. There is no inherited compound behind it, and the pattern it belongs to is documented well enough not to need one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology. The Ren- front may reflect René or Renée, from the Latin renatus, 'reborn', or Wren, the bird. The -lee ending is from the Old English leah, 'clearing'. The compound is a modern American coinage and honest sources do not claim more.
Pronouncing Renlee
REN-lee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Renlee, Renley and Renleigh are said identically.
Nicknames for Renlee
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
- 2025109 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1833reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +12.4%109 in 2025, from 97
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.
Renlee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Renleigh in English — spelling variant
- Renley in English — spelling variant
- Renée in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio, Utah, Tennessee.
Renlees among us
people named Renlee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 14,746 born in 2025 was named Renlee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Brooks test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Renlee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brooks climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brooks's path sketches the road Renlee is walking now.
Renlee is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Renlee is headed
Renlee looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 57% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Renlee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Renlee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ren and Lee are two short forms, both with real currency.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It belongs to a documented and very productive American naming pattern.
- There is no inherited meaning, and honest sources say so.
- Several spellings of the ending are in circulation.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Renlees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Renlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Renlee in 2025?
- Renlee ranks #1833 among US girl names in 2025, with 109 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Renlee?
- About 1 in every 14,746 US girls born in 2025 was named Renlee — 109 in all.
- Will my child share the name Renlee with classmates?
- Renlee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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