Rennie
Rennie is a given name, nickname and surname.
Meaning & Origin of Rennie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rennie is a given name, nickname and surname.
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The Story of Rennie
As a girl name
American parents first put Rennie on the record books as a girl name in 1880, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 20 Rennies were born — ranking #1,957 that year. Rennie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 927 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Rennie on the record books as a boy name in 1885, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1948, when 32 Rennies were born — ranking #1,280 that year. About 20% of every Rennie on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Rennie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 999 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Rennie
Rennie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1885 and has accumulated 999 births in the dataset. Rennie's peak popularity came in 1948 when it ranked #1,280. Use the chart and map above to compare Rennie'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 .
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