Renata

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Renata is ranked 517th among girls in 2024 (594 births). Its best rank was 336th, in 1980.

Rank in 2024: #517down 45 from 2023
Births in 2024: 5940.04% of girls
Peak year: 1980720 births
Best rank: #336in 1980
Since 1900: 13,973people given the name

Babies named Renata, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

13,973 girls have been named Renata in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 720 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 34%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Renata
1900s	19
1910s	107
1920s	105
1930s	83
1940s	88
1950s	503
1960s	893
1970s	753
1980s	1,727
1990s	580
2000s	1,321
2010s	4,726
2020s	3,068

In 1980, its biggest year

Renata was the 336th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.

Names that rose and fell with Renata

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.