Rendon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rendon by the numbers

Rendon was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 1988, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Rendon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rendon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rentonsettlement by the rye farm9 in the US (2017)
  • Randon10 in the US (2017)
  • Rennon5 in the US (2017)
  • Renzolaurel wreath; a form of Lorenzo38 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Renanlittle seal; a form of Ronan14 in the US (2017)
  • Ransonson of rand; a form of Randson or Ransom6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rendon

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