Renata
Renata was the 481st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 635 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 336th with 720 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 156 places. More babies were named Renata in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning reborn · Latin
Say it ruh-NAH-tuh /rəˈnɑtə/
- Rank in 2025
- #481 girls, up 27 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 635girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1980720 babies
- Total since 1880
- 14,616babies recorded
What does the name Renata mean?
Renata is the feminine of the Latin saint's name Renatus, "reborn", as Wiktionary notes, a reference to spiritual rebirth in baptism. DMNES glosses the masculine René the same way and lists a 15th-century king of Naples. Renata is used in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Czech, and increasingly in the US.
renātus (Latin, “reborn”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: René, Renée, Renato.
See also: Latin names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Renata', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Rene', DMNES, Durham University
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'Renata', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
Renata popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 6 since 1980.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #481 | 635 |
| 2020 | #508 | 600 |
| 2010 | #1,034 | 242 |
| 2000 | #2,330 | 67 |
| 1990 | #2,682 | 44 |
| 1980 | #336 | 720 |
| 1970 | #1,342 | 79 |
| 1960 | #1,325 | 70 |
| 1950 | #2,413 | 18 |
| 1940 | #3,165 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,864 | 12 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | #2,177 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Renata, counting every spelling?
Renata is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #478 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #481 for Renata on its own. Together these spellings went to 665 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renata | 635 | #481 | 3,103 |
| Renatta | 30 | #4,643 | 130 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Renata?
635 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Renata (0.18 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Renata born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 13 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Renata.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Renata?
About 13,900 people born in the US named Renata are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 39. That makes Renata a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Renata by state
How common Renata was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (3.9×), Texas (3.4×), New Mexico (2.8×), California (2.1×), Colorado (1.7×). In 22 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Renata: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Renata, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Renata · Sibling names for Renata
Questions about the name Renata
What does Renata mean?
Renata means “reborn” (Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Renata?
Renata was the 481st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 635 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 336th with 720 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 156 places. More babies were named Renata in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Renata a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Renata in the US.
Where is Renata most popular?
In 2021–2025, Renata was most common in Arizona (1.48 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and New Mexico.