Reni

#11,709 in 2025Girls' name

Diminutive of Renáta

Reni has been given to 165 babies in the U.S. since 1955. In 2025 it ranked #11,709 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Reni, 2025

1 in 414,000

Reni 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Reni: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Renáta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Reni means

Reni is a diminutive of Renáta.

Origin, language, and formation

Reni is used in Hungarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Renáta.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Reni is pronounced [ˈrɛni].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 165 girls were recorded with the name Reni between 1955 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2022; its best national rank was #4,652 in 1955.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #17,013 in 2020 to #11,709 in 2025.

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 Reni?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 201,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #11,709; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Reni 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 2025 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Reni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Renis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Reni was born before 1978 — so the typical Reni is around 47 today.

Median birth year: 1978; About 47 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 28.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 31.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 165; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 28.5% of all recorded uses (47).

Is Reni 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: +228; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +5,304; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 72.7%; Peak was 2022 (11)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,652; 1955

Spellings of Reni

Reni is not the most common spelling — Irene is, with 22.8% against Reni's 0.01%.

Irene22.8%355,462
Renee11.9%185,896
Lena9.4%146,479
Toni6.4%100,198
Teri2.8%43,957
Rena2.5%39,124
Reba2.3%35,431
Dena2.1%32,479

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.

Reni around the world

Where Reni ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2016–2023
#4,710
in 2023
South Australia
1957–1957
#581
in 1957

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Reni by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #11,709
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 5,304
Best rank ever: #4,652; 1955
Peak year: 2022; 11 that year
First recorded: 1955
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 165
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Reni

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

Renn Renly Renny Renad Renli Zeni Keni Beni Renu Rendy Rendi Reniya Aleni Yeni Ren Renni Renatha Peni Deni Renesme Renai Renlee Areni Renlie

Sibling names for Reni

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

Annabell Abagail Sydni Sydnie Shyann Karleigh Alysa Adelle

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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