Wren
Wren is ranked 213th among girls in 2024 (1,442 births). Its best rank was 184th, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- #213down 18 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,4420.09% of girls
- Peak year
- 20221,607 births
- Best rank
- #184in 2022
- Since 1888
- 14,363people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,300 girls have been named Wren in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 1,607 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 54%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 2,063 boys have also been given it, 14% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Wren | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 58 | |
| 1960s | 44 | |
| 1970s | 77 | |
| 1980s | 101 | |
| 1990s | 169 | |
| 2000s | 677 | |
| 2010s | 4,475 | |
| 2020s | 6,684 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Wren was the 184th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Wren
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Avyannapeak 2022
- Blakeleighpeak 2024
- Adorepeak 2022
- Kailanipeak 2022
- Juniperpeak 2022
- Milanipeak 2022
- Airapeak 2024
- Alaiahpeak 2020
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.