Wren

#231 for girls in 2025, 1,331 births · #1,084 for boys in 2025, 198 births
Given to girls 85.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2022 · 1,609 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,641
since 1888

Wren over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022girlsat peakboysat peak
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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#2311,331#1,084198
2024#2131,444#1,026217
2023#1951,549#977224
2022#1841,609#1,007221
2021#2521,228#1,100190
2020#360862#1,240150
2019#426745#1,574106
2018#468667#1,521112
2017#464676#1,502111
2016#523595#1,73989
2015#703405#2,11266
2014#697404#2,70544
2013#797340#2,52848
2012#994254#3,62529
2011#1,175206#3,30633
2010#1,287185#3,37732
2009#1,660134#5,10218
2008#1,865114#6,39313
2007#2,14793#5,43416
2006#1,988100#6,09413
2005#2,90256#5,57814
2004#2,88955#6,52011
2003#3,59039#5,87712
2002#3,73035#7,0559
2001#3,86433#6,9359
2000#5,93718#6,31610
1999#3,63933#5,65611
1998#4,49224#5,84010
1997#7,28312
1996#6,06415#6,4968
1995#5,67716#7,7926
1994#8,8049#5,45210
1993#4,82620#6,8167
1992#8,06510
1991#4,80820#4,76011
1990#7,88010#4,16713
1989#7,44910#3,61815
1988#5,59814#4,16211
1987#5,07415#4,23910
1986#6,15611#3,65312
1985#6,03111#4,3339
1984
1983#5,82411
1982#10,5175
1981#4,96314
1980#6,31910
1979#4,62615
1978#5,21412#5,7725
1977#4,23516#5,8455
1976#6,6118
1975#7,9846
1974
1973#4,58612
1972
1971
1970#5,8188
1969#4,4045
1968
1967#5,4577
1966
1965
1964#6,0096
1963#5,8916#4,0485
1962#5,8606
1961#4,8828
1960#3,92011
1959#3,82711
1958#4,5208#3,9445
1957#4,2029
1956#4,4678#3,5356
1955#5,2086
1954#3,1767
1953#3,9559
1952#2,6809
1951#4,3857
1950
1949#5,2445
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943#3,2316
1942#3,2126
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932#3,7765
1931
1930#3,0228
1929#3,9595
1928#3,3577
1927
1926
1925#3,1558
1924#3,0239
1923#4,2395
1922#2,80110
1921#4,3225
1920
1919#3,3917
1918
1917#3,9815
1916
1915
1914#3,6185
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1888#1,2765
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Wren! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1950, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Wren
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#213#231)
  • 129 spots since 2020 (#360#231)
  • 472 spots since 2015 (#703#231)
  • Biggest jump: 197 spots in 2013 (#994#797)
  • Biggest drop: 18 spots in 2024 (#195#213)
Rise & fade · girls
134 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 2022 at #184 (1,609 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,019
  • Highest: 1 in 1,019 girls born in 2022 were named Wren (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,208 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 58.8% of all girls named Wren (8,023) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
  • Mostly boys until 1994, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s0
1900s0
1910s5#3,618 (1914)#3,618
1920s0
1930s0
1940s5#5,244 (1949)#5,244
1950s58#3,827 (1959)#4,366
1960s44#3,920 (1960)#5,337
1970s77#4,235 (1977)#5,582
1980s101#4,963 (1981)#6,437
1990s169#3,639 (1999)#6,154
2000s677#1,660 (2009)#3,057
2010s4,477#426 (2019)#753
2020s8,023#184 (2022)#239

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.

Wren in 2022

girls
#184
1,609 births · 1 in 1,019 girls
boys
#1,007
221 births · 1 in 7,900 boys

Top girls' names in 2022

  1. #1Olivia16,670
  2. #2Emma14,512
  3. #3Charlotte12,952
  4. #4Amelia12,415
  5. #5Sophia12,382
  6. #6Isabella11,761
  7. #7Ava11,107
  8. #8Mia11,077
  9. #9Evelyn9,332
  10. #10Luna8,977
  11. #184Wren1,609

Top boys' names in 2022

  1. #1Liam20,579
  2. #2Noah18,758
  3. #3Oliver15,176
  4. #4James12,119
  5. #5Elijah12,094
  6. #6William11,356
  7. #7Henry11,272
  8. #8Lucas10,973
  9. #9Benjamin10,912
  10. #10Theodore10,824
  11. #1,007Wren221
More about 2022

girls

1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 1,019 of them was named Wren, which outranked 99.0% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wren
  1. #181Ada1,657
  2. #182Bailey1,649
  3. #183Ariella1,633
  4. #184Wren1,609
  5. #185Myla1,606
  6. #186Khloe1,583
  7. #187Callie1,578
Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 698Wrenlee#1,410#712
  2. 686Neriah#1,680#994
  3. 487Arlet#1,229#742
  4. 424Georgina#1,304#880
  5. 413Amiri#1,293#880
Fallers
  1. 282Tatiana#992#1,274
  2. 245Alaiya#721#966
  3. 239Aarna#967#1,206
  4. 231Jaylene#975#1,206
  5. 227Aviana#521#748

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

boys

1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 7,900 of them was named Wren, which outranked 93.0% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wren
  1. #1,002Kalel222
  2. #1,002London222
  3. #1,002Massimo222
  4. #1,007Wren221
  5. #1,007Billy221
  6. #1,007Fox221
  7. #1,007Graysen221
  8. #1,012Boaz220
  9. #1,012Carl220
  10. #1,012Coen220

Tied with 4 names at #1,007; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. 988Dutton#1,823#835
  2. 489Kayce#1,076#587
  3. 412Chosen#1,307#895
  4. 396Khaza#1,230#834
  5. 348Eithan#849#501
Fallers
  1. 324Jacoby#885#1,209
  2. 243Turner#937#1,180
  3. 233Aydin#897#1,130
  4. 218Juelz#991#1,209
  5. 216Jamal#868#1,084

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

See the top 100 for 2022