Renia
Renia is a name with a single cultural origin: Polish.
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Renia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Renia is a name with a single cultural origin: Polish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
The Story of Renia
Renia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1898, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1956: 20 births, good for #2,530 nationwide. About 21% of every Renia on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Renia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 663 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Renia
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About the name Renia
Renia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 663 births in the dataset. Renia's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #2,530. Use the chart and map above to compare Renia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.