Rena
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Of recent origin, either an altered form of Renée, or else a variant spelling of pRina
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɹinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rena is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Qatar it is the 73rd most common given name.
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 1.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 16K
- USUnited States1 in 16K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rena itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 440 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)
20,224 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Azerbaijan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled רינה in IL Israel, QA Qatar, BG Bulgaria, Renae in AU Australia and Рена in AZ Azerbaijan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Of recent origin, either an altered form of Renée, or else a variant spelling of pRina. Renée 2 French: from the Late Latin name Renata, feminine of Rendtus ‘reborn’, used by early Christians as a baptismal name celebrating spiritual rebirth in Christ. The name is also used in the English-speaking world, often without the accent and in a highly Anglicized pronunciation (cf. pReenie).
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rena counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #623 | 20,224 | 1 in 16K | 20K | Rena | 440 |
| IL Israel | #115 | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 968 | רינה | 63 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Rena | 63 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | #247 | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Рена | 30 |
| AU Australia | #482 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | 86 | Renae | 182 |
| QA Qatar | #73 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | רינה | 12 |
| BG Bulgaria | #946 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | — | רינה | 22 |
20,224 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rena is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, reindeer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Abrégé ou forme courte de prénoms en Ren-; souvent lié à René/Renata.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In German, ) Reena: weibl. Vom., Kurzform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
English: of recent origin, either an altered form of Renée (see RENÉ ) or else a variant spelling of RINA .
as a word
In pi, instrumental singular of ra (“Pali letter 'r'”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Florence Rena Sabinb. 1871USAmerican medical scientist (1871–1953)
- Rena Owenb. 1962NZNew Zealand actress
- Rena Merob. 1967USAmerican professional wrestler, model and actor
- Rena Soferb. 1968USAmerican actress
- Rena Riffelb. 1969USAmerican actress
- Rena Ueharab. 1986JPJapanese singer
- Rena Jōshitab. 1986JPJapanese sprinter, hurdler
- Rena Nōnenb. 1993JPJapanese actress and singer
- Rena Takedab. 1997JPJapanese actress, fashion model, talent
- Rena Katōb. 1997JPJapanese idol and member of idol group AKB48
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 84 sources across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 20K | #1,590 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 192 | #1,590 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 75 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 6 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rena mean, and where does it come from?
- Of recent origin, either an altered form of Renée, or else a variant spelling of pRina. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Rena?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹinə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Rena a male or female name?
- Rena is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Rena?
- In the etymology graph, Renee, Renata and Renate are forms of the same name in other languages; Renie is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Rena have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 20 thousand people named Rena, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rena.
- How common is the name Rena?
- In the United States, the national register counted 20,224 people named Rena in 2020, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.
- How common is Rena compared with other names?
- In the United States, Rena is the 623rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/renaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rena” — the 623rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.