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
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 148 births
- Debut · girls
- 74 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 39,124since 1880
Rena over time
Rank among girls' names. Rena has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,387 | 75 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,033 | 96 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,445 | 74 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,345 | 77 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,908 | 100 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,651 | 65 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,130 | 89 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,302 | 80 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,594 | 68 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,712 | 65 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,267 | 82 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 61 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,449 | 75 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,638 | 67 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,992 | 100 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,204 | 89 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,267 | 86 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,929 | 107 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,809 | 113 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,803 | 108 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,909 | 98 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,486 | 131 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,594 | 116 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,438 | 131 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,456 | 126 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,408 | 125 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,526 | 110 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,606 | 99 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,279 | 135 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,419 | 115 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,535 | 101 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,318 | 127 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,170 | 150 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,167 | 150 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,124 | 155 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #978 | 177 | — | |
| 1988 | #897 | 195 | — | |
| 1987 | #900 | 185 | — | |
| 1986 | #873 | 190 | — | |
| 1985 | #842 | 193 | — | |
| 1984 | #737 | 222 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #666 | 258 | — | |
| 1982 | #596 | 302 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #627 | 288 | — | |
| 1980 | #605 | 303 | — | |
| 1979 | #693 | 244 | — | |
| 1978 | #634 | 260 | — | |
| 1977 | #611 | 275 | — | |
| 1976 | #642 | 241 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #577 | 287 | — | |
| 1974 | #588 | 269 | — | |
| 1973 | #597 | 264 | — | |
| 1972 | #524 | 324 | — | |
| 1971 | #522 | 352 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #496 | 401 | — | |
| 1969 | #482 | 402 | — | |
| 1968 | #472 | 416 | — | |
| 1967 | #475 | 399 | — | |
| 1966 | #464 | 419 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #452 | 447 | — | |
| 1964 | #421 | 538 | — | |
| 1963 | #442 | 482 | — | |
| 1962 | #400 | 575 | — | |
| 1961 | #429 | 523 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #430 | 518 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #428 | 494 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #422 | 492 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #429 | 480 | — | |
| 1956 | #423 | 466 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #403 | 471 | — | |
| 1954 | #419 | 428 | — | |
| 1953 | #420 | 422 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #420 | 412 | — | |
| 1951 | #421 | 395 | — | |
| 1950 | #416 | 370 | — | |
| 1949 | #402 | 394 | — | |
| 1948 | #393 | 406 | — | |
| 1947 | #407 | 393 | — | |
| 1946 | #392 | 373 | — | |
| 1945 | #391 | 331 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #399 | 316 | — | |
| 1943 | #365 | 389 | — | |
| 1942 | #381 | 348 | — | |
| 1941 | #381 | 320 | — | |
| 1940 | #379 | 307 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #360 | 326 | — | |
| 1938 | #381 | 304 | — | |
| 1937 | #331 | 353 | — | |
| 1936 | #369 | 296 | — | |
| 1935 | #337 | 352 | — | |
| 1934 | #333 | 356 | — | |
| 1933 | #350 | 320 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #341 | 344 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #346 | 341 | — | |
| 1930 | #335 | 373 | — | |
| 1929 | #322 | 409 | — | |
| 1928 | #318 | 429 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #323 | 433 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #315 | 445 | — | |
| 1925 | #312 | 452 | — | |
| 1924 | #291 | 521 | — | |
| 1923 | #294 | 487 | — | |
| 1922 | #287 | 518 | — | |
| 1921 | #283 | 549 | — | |
| 1920 | #292 | 494 | — | |
| 1919 | #280 | 517 | — | |
| 1918 | #275 | 518 | — | |
| 1917 | #271 | 522 | — | |
| 1916 | #255 | 573 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #258 | 519 | — | |
| 1914 | #262 | 387 | — | |
| 1913 | #265 | 306 | — | |
| 1912 | #249 | 319 | — | |
| 1911 | #242 | 260 | — | |
| 1910 | #241 | 253 | — | |
| 1909 | #259 | 193 | — | |
| 1908 | #239 | 201 | — | |
| 1907 | #228 | 209 | — | |
| 1906 | #231 | 188 | — | |
| 1905 | #219 | 204 | — | |
| 1904 | #201 | 225 | — | |
| 1903 | #195 | 217 | — | |
| 1902 | #192 | 230 | — | |
| 1901 | #192 | 215 | — | |
| 1900 | #204 | 235 | — | |
| 1899 | #198 | 193 | — | |
| 1898 | #198 | 218 | — | |
| 1897 | #200 | 193 | — | |
| 1896 | #194 | 203 | — | |
| 1895 | #198 | 189 | — | |
| 1894 | #179 | 217 | — | |
| 1893 | #189 | 186 | — | |
| 1892 | #187 | 181 | — | |
| 1891 | #182 | 173 | — | |
| 1890 | #174 | 192 | — | |
| 1889 | #181 | 161 | — | |
| 1888 | #166 | 172 | — | |
| 1887 | #157 | 155 | — | |
| 1886 | #185 | 119 | — | |
| 1885 | #153 | 148 | — | |
| 1884 | #187 | 94 | — | |
| 1883 | #162 | 105 | — | |
| 1882 | #159 | 103 | — | |
| 1881 | #153 | 88 | — | |
| 1880 | #173 | 74 | — | |
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.
See more about Rena
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #153 (148 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 126 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 110 yrs · run 1880–1989
- Highest: 1 in 899 girls born in 1885 were named Rena (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 12.1% of all girls named Rena (4,737) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,219 | #153 (1885) | #168 |
| 1890s | 1,945 | #174 (1890) | #190 |
| 1900s | 2,117 | #192 (1902) | #216 |
| 1910s | 4,174 | #241 (1910) | #260 |
| 1920s | 4,737 | #283 (1921) | #304 |
| 1930s | 3,365 | #331 (1937) | #348 |
| 1940s | 3,577 | #365 (1943) | #389 |
| 1950s | 4,430 | #403 (1955) | #420 |
| 1960s | 4,719 | #400 (1962) | #447 |
| 1970s | 2,917 | #496 (1970) | #588 |
| 1980s | 2,313 | #596 (1982) | #772 |
| 1990s | 1,267 | #1,124 (1990) | #1,355 |
| 2000s | 1,105 | #1,438 (2001) | #1,790 |
| 2010s | 752 | #1,992 (2010) | #2,454 |
| 2020s | 487 | #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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 6,079 of them was named Rena, which outranked 94.1% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #637Lacey242
- #637Lynnette242
- #637Susanna242
- #642Rena241
- #642Anastasia241
- #642Bree241
- #642Phyllis241
- #647Francine240
- #647Renae240
- #649Anissa239
Tied with 4 names at #642; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 261,501 of them was named Rena, which outranked 24.0% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).