Reene

Girls' name

Variant of Renée

Reene has been given to 118 babies in the U.S. since 1953. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1957, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Reene, 1988

1 in 616,000

Reene over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Reene: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Renée

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Reene means

Reene is a variant of Renée.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Reene is used in English (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Reene → Renée → Renée → René. The family’s meaning is “reborn”, recorded in French with the source elements renātus.

Origin, language, and formation

Reene is used in Estonian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Renée.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 118 girls were recorded with the name Reene between 1953 and 1988. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1957; its best national rank was #4,134 in 1957.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Reene?

Reene had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1988, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1988: 1 in 616,000; 6 of 3,694,212 births
Among girls only: 1 in 297,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1988: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 426,773 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Reene sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1988 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 426,773 children born in 1988 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Reene. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Reenes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Reene was born before 1964 — so the typical Reene is around 61 today.

Median birth year: 1964; About 61 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 43.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 52.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 118; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 43.2% of all recorded uses (51).

Is Reene rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1957 (10)
Years since peak: 68; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,134; 1957

Spellings of Reene

Reene is not the most common spelling — Irene is, with 34.2% against Reene's 0.01%.

Irene34.2%355,462
Renee17.9%185,896
Arlene13.8%143,010
Reese4.3%44,775
Rena3.8%39,124
Helene3.2%33,334
Rene2.1%21,839
Reyna1.8%18,647

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Reene by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,134; 1957
Peak year: 1957; 10 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 1988
All-time count: 118
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Reene

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Reeve Reeya Reeves Reef Reeta Reet Reesa Reeva Zelene Rees Reesha Reeda Nene Cyrene Reema Reecie Reejh Joene Reemas Shene Skylene Eirene Reed Emalene

Sibling names for Reene

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sherie Evonne Joanie Vickey Maribeth Vikki Terese Lavern

For a brother

Lonny Hayward Danial Von Michel Burt Fritz Kirby

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