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Wren

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

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
Babies named Wren, by year of birthgirls
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Wren
1880s5
1910s5
1940s5
1950s58
1960s44
1970s77
1980s101
1990s169
2000s677
2010s4,475
2020s6,684

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.

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.