Renata
- Pronunciation
- [Re-na-ta]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Rebirth
- Origin
- Italian
About the Name Renata
Renata is the Italian, Spanish, and German feminine form of Renato, ultimately from the Latin renatus meaning "reborn" or "born again" — referring originally to the Christian concept of spiritual rebirth through baptism. The Latinate Renata has been used continuously across Italian, Spanish, German, and broader Catholic-influenced naming traditions for centuries.
Notable bearers include the iconic Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi (1922–2004, the iconic Italian operatic soprano whose career rivaled and complemented Maria Callas's during the mid-20th century); contemporary Brazilian fashion designer Renata Sanchez; the iconic Brazilian writer Renata Adler (born 1937, the American writer); and the contemporary fictional Renata of various contemporary novels.
Renata has been continuously used in Italian-American, Spanish-American, and German-American communities for over a century. The name's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2000 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2014 and the top 300 since. The name has been driven primarily by Italian-American and Spanish-American naming. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the layered Latin-Italian-Spanish-Catholic pedigree, the in-built distinctive reborn etymological register (with implicit Christian-baptismal religious anchor), and the popular three-syllable -ata ending. Three flowing syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to Italian-language naming. The name reads as both classical-Italian and contemporary American. Common nicknames Reni (the dominant warm short form, casual and warm), Rena (back-end shortening), Renia, and the rare Tata each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Renata, Renate (German), and Renée (French alternate) have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Renata (essentially identical across Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Polish/German), Renate (German alternate), Renée (French, with accent), and the original Latin renatus.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Renata
US Popularity History (2011–2025)
Annual US births named Renata by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2017 with 685 girls named Renata (girl rank #461 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #481 for girls (635 US births). That's 20 places below its 2017 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Renata Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Renata the strongest states are Texas, Arizona, California.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #143 | 1,954 |
| 2 | Arizona | #152 | 384 |
| 3 | California | #237 | 1,350 |
| 4 | New Mexico | #306 | 55 |
| 5 | Nevada | #410 | 59 |
| 6 | Colorado | #416 | 135 |
| 7 | Iowa | #495 | 21 |
| 8 | Illinois | #543 | 197 |
| 9 | Kansas | #564 | 18 |
| 10 | Oregon | #574 | 27 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | #937 | 32 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | #925 | 15 |
| 3 | New York | #902 | 54 |
| 4 | North Carolina | #845 | 68 |
| 5 | Indiana | #838 | 23 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #798 | 18 |
| 7 | Utah | #769 | 16 |
| 8 | Florida | #681 | 240 |
| 9 | Washington | #677 | 94 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | #587 | 62 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Renata in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renee | Reborn | Female | French |
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