How Many People Are Named Rena?
people named Rena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,662 people in the US has this name
Based on 39,247 babies named Rena in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
578 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate feminine form of RENÉ.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Rena (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rena alive today is about 55 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rena first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 578 babies. In 2025, 75 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #153, in 1885. In 2025 it ranked #2,402.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,402 |
| Best rank | #153 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #307 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rena were born in California than in any other state: about 1,980 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rena was given 3.2 times as often in Maine, 2.3 times in Louisiana and 2 times in New Mexico.
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