Unisex name
René
564 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1999. Expression number: 6.
Origin
From Latin Renatus, itself derived from the Latin verb renāscī ("to be reborn, to be born again") in the form of the perfect participle renātus.Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “René”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1999: 28 births. 564 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (47%) as well as boys (53%). It is still given: 79 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1962: 1,649 births. 72,779 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1950s to the 1990s. It is given to girls (30%) as well as boys (70%). It really came into use around 1900. It is still given: 1,172 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 516,605 | 1900–2025 | 4th in 1920 |
| Switzerland | 22,628* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 8,935 | 1984–2025 | 15th in 1985 |
| Argentina | 2,737 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Quebec | 618 | 1980–2025 | 82nd in 1980 |
| Berlin | 251 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
9 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 24 → 6
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
5 + 5 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
5
freedom, change, movement
9 + 5 = 14 → 5
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.