Rena

#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1885 · 148 births
Debut · girls
74 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
39,124
since 1880

Rena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rena has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #153, 1885girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,38775
2024#2,66165
2023#2,03396
2022#2,44574
2021#2,34577
2020#1,908100
2019#2,65165
2018#2,13089
2017#2,30280
2016#2,59468
2015#2,71265
2014#2,26782
2013#2,80461
2012#2,44975
2011#2,63867
2010#1,992100
2009#2,20489
2008#2,26786
2007#1,929107
2006#1,809113
2005#1,803108
2004#1,90998
2003#1,486131
2002#1,594116
2001#1,438131
2000#1,456126
1999#1,408125
1998#1,526110
1997#1,60699
1996#1,279135
1995#1,419115
1994#1,535101
1993#1,318127
1992#1,170150
1991#1,167150
1990#1,124155#7,1786
1989#978177
1988#897195
1987#900185
1986#873190
1985#842193
1984#737222#6,3155
1983#666258
1982#596302#6,3855
1981#627288
1980#605303
1979#693244
1978#634260
1977#611275
1976#642241#4,9356
1975#577287
1974#588269
1973#597264
1972#524324
1971#522352#4,3756
1970#496401
1969#482402
1968#472416
1967#475399
1966#464419#3,5376
1965#452447
1964#421538
1963#442482
1962#400575
1961#429523#4,0655
1960#430518#2,53511
1959#428494#3,2907
1958#422492#3,5596
1957#429480
1956#423466#3,9425
1955#403471
1954#419428
1953#420422#3,1437
1952#420412
1951#421395
1950#416370
1949#402394
1948#393406
1947#407393
1946#392373
1945#391331#3,3385
1944#399316
1943#365389
1942#381348
1941#381320
1940#379307#2,6718
1939#360326
1938#381304
1937#331353
1936#369296
1935#337352
1934#333356
1933#350320#3,0047
1932#341344#2,8498
1931#346341
1930#335373
1929#322409
1928#318429#2,8439
1927#323433#3,7806
1926#315445
1925#312452
1924#291521
1923#294487
1922#287518
1921#283549
1920#292494
1919#280517
1918#275518
1917#271522
1916#255573#3,8975
1915#258519
1914#262387
1913#265306
1912#249319
1911#242260
1910#241253
1909#259193
1908#239201
1907#228209
1906#231188
1905#219204
1904#201225
1903#195217
1902#192230
1901#192215
1900#204235
1899#198193
1898#198218
1897#200193
1896#194203
1895#198189
1894#179217
1893#189186
1892#187181
1891#182173
1890#174192
1889#181161
1888#166172
1887#157155
1886#185119
1885#153148
1884#18794
1883#162105
1882#159103
1881#15388
1880#17374
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rena was already there! It came in at #173, and was given to 74 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2011–2019, when fewer than 90 girls a year got the name.

Where Rena is popular in 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedAKMaine: #104 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 385 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedMNIllinois: #253 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,155 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedWIMichigan: #181 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,045 girlsMINew York: #393 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,197 girlsNYMassachusetts: #225 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,268 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedSDIowa: #154 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 881 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedINOhio: #273 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,796 girlsOHPennsylvania: #325 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,931 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #220 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedNEMissouri: #300 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsMOKentucky: #268 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,826 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedWVVirginia: #165 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 893 girlsVAMaryland: #138 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 702 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedNMKansas: #145 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 674 girlsKSArkansas: #229 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,193 girlsARTennessee: #181 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 907 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #165 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 801 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #202 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #160 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 724 girlsOKLouisiana: #106 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 375 girlsLAMississippi: #166 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 706 girlsMSAlabama: #209 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,197 girlsALGeorgia: #200 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,155 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rena, so not publishedHITexas: #230 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,085 girlsTXFlorida: #154 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 624 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#104 · 1 in 385
  2. Louisiana#106 · 1 in 375
  3. Maryland#138 · 1 in 702
  4. Kansas#145 · 1 in 674
  5. Florida#154 · 1 in 624

Best ever in a state: #59 in Maine, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#10461 in 385
Louisiana#106241 in 375
Maryland#13871 in 702
Kansas#14581 in 674
Florida#15461 in 624
Iowa#15471 in 881
Oklahoma#160111 in 724
North Carolina#165161 in 801
Virginia#165121 in 893
Mississippi#166131 in 706
Michigan#18191 in 1,045
Tennessee#181111 in 907
Georgia#200131 in 1,155
South Carolina#20281 in 1,138
Alabama#209101 in 1,197
California#22051 in 1,320
Massachusetts#22561 in 2,268
Arkansas#22961 in 1,193
Texas#230181 in 1,085
Illinois#25391 in 2,155
Kentucky#26861 in 1,826
Ohio#27361 in 2,796
Missouri#30051 in 2,287
Pennsylvania#32571 in 4,931
New York#39361 in 6,197
Alaska
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Colorado
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Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
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Minnesota
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Nebraska
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New Hampshire
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Wisconsin
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Rena
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 274 spots since 2024 (#2,661#2,387)
  • 479 spots since 2020 (#1,908#2,387)
  • 325 spots since 2015 (#2,712#2,387)
  • Biggest jump: 88 spots in 1980 (#693#605)
  • Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1990 (#978#1,124)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #153 (148 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 126 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 110 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 110 yrs · run 1880–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 899
  • Highest: 1 in 899 girls born in 1885 were named Rena (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 12.1% of all girls named Rena (4,737) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,219#153 (1885)#168
1890s1,945#174 (1890)#190
1900s2,117#192 (1902)#216
1910s4,174#241 (1910)#260
1920s4,737#283 (1921)#304
1930s3,365#331 (1937)#348
1940s3,577#365 (1943)#389
1950s4,430#403 (1955)#420
1960s4,719#400 (1962)#447
1970s2,917#496 (1970)#588
1980s2,313#596 (1982)#772
1990s1,267#1,124 (1990)#1,355
2000s1,105#1,438 (2001)#1,790
2010s752#1,992 (2010)#2,454
2020s487#1,908 (2020)#2,297

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rena in 1911

girls
#242
260 births · 1 in 1,609 girls

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #242Rena260
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 1,609 of them was named Rena, which outranked 91.6% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rena
  1. #239Margie271
  2. #240Zelma268
  3. #241Jeanne266
  4. #242Rena260
  5. #243Reba259
  6. #244Eliza258
  7. #244Lee258
Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 1,003Laurette#1,935#932
  2. 683Glenda#1,521#838
  3. 680Ana#1,421#741
  4. 623Vilma#1,521#898
  5. 523Emmaline#1,421#898
Fallers
  1. 1,194Alys#997#2,191
  2. 959Leana#997#1,956
  3. 686Coletta#859#1,545
  4. 686Blossom#970#1,656
  5. 659Otis#997#1,656

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1911