Reinette
A French feminine diminutive of Renée, meaning "rebirth" or "reborn".
Name Census estimates that about 56 living Americans carry the first name Reinette. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Reinette today is around 57 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Reinette births was 1958 (7 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Reinette. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Reinette. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
56
~ 1 in 6,120,613 Americans
Peak year
1958
7 babies that year
Average age
57
years old
2022 SSA rank
#17,232
Tracked since 1927
Census
Reinette in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 171 people with the first name Reinette, which placed it at #42,203 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#42,203
National first-name rank
People counted
171
171 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
64.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Reinette
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Reinette is White at 64.3%. The next largest groups are Black (11.1%) and Hispanic (8.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Reinette described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Reinette at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White64.3% · 110
- Black or African American11.1% · 19
- Hispanic or Latino8.8% · 15
- Two or more races7.6% · 13
- Asian and Pacific Islander7.0% · 12
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.2% · 2
Popularity
Reinette: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Reinette from the 1920s through to the 2020s, spanning 7 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1950s, with 35 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1950s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Reinette by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Reinette during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Reinettes live
Origin
Meaning and history of Reinette
Reinette is a French feminine given name with origins in the Middle Ages. It is a diminutive form of the name Reine, derived from the Latin word "regina" meaning "queen." The name Reinette was often used as a pet form of endearment for young girls named Reine.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Reinette can be found in the 13th century French epic poem, Le Roman de la Rose, written by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. In the poem, a character named Reinette is mentioned as a young maiden.
During the Renaissance period, the name gained popularity among the French nobility. A notable figure was Reinette de Bourbon (1541-1589), the Countess of Oropesa and a member of the House of Bourbon. She was a influential figure at the court of King Philip II of Spain.
In the 17th century, Reinette du Vigean (1608-1665) was a renowned French playwright and poet who wrote several plays and poems that were performed at the court of King Louis XIII.
In the 18th century, Reinette de Villeneuve (1720-1795) was a French noblewoman and writer who is best known for her fairy tale, "La Belle et la Bête," which later inspired the classic story of "Beauty and the Beast."
Another notable figure was Reinette Buré (1767-1841), a French painter and portraitist who was a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris. Her works were highly sought after by the French aristocracy and are now housed in various museums across Europe.
The name Reinette remained popular in France throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, although its usage began to decline in the latter half of the 20th century as more modern names gained popularity.
People
Reinette + last name combinations
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Other names starting with R
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FAQ
Reinette: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Reinette?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 56 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Reinette going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 6,120,613 US residents.
Is Reinette a common name?
We classify Reinette as "Very Rare". It ranks above 56% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 84 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Reinette most popular?
The single biggest year for Reinette was 1958, when 7 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Reinette is about 57 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Reinette in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 171 people with the name Reinette, or 0.06 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #42,203 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Reinette in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Reinette?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Reinette appears almost entirely female. Of the 165 people counted with this name, 99.4% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Reinette?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Reinette is White at 64.3%. The next largest groups are Black (11.1%) and Hispanic (8.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Reinette most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Reinette in the 2020 Census, accounting for 64.3% (110 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Reinette in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Reinette a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Reinette in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Reinette still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Reinette in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Reinette can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Reinette?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.