Wren
Rank in 2025
#231
recorded as girls
#1084
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,529
girls 1,331 · boys 198
Peak year
2022
1,609 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
15,902
since 1888
Born a Wren? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Wren was most popular in 2022, when 1,609 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.98 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,331 babies were named Wren, ranking #231 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 96%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,331 | 231 | 198 | 1084 |
| 2024 | 1,444 | 213 | 217 | 1026 |
| 2023 | 1,549 | 195 | 224 | 977 |
| 2022 | 1,609 | 184 | 221 | 1007 |
| 2021 | 1,228 | 252 | 190 | 1100 |
| 2020 | 862 | 360 | 150 | 1240 |
| 2019 | 745 | 426 | 106 | 1574 |
| 2018 | 667 | 468 | 112 | 1521 |
| 2017 | 676 | 464 | 111 | 1502 |
| 2016 | 595 | 523 | 89 | 1739 |
| 2015 | 405 | 703 | 66 | 2112 |
| 2014 | 404 | 697 | 44 | 2705 |
| 2013 | 340 | 797 | 48 | 2528 |
| 2012 | 254 | 994 | 29 | 3625 |
| 2011 | 206 | 1175 | 33 | 3306 |
| 2010 | 185 | 1287 | 32 | 3377 |
| 2009 | 134 | 1660 | 18 | 5102 |
| 2008 | 114 | 1865 | 13 | 6393 |
| 2007 | 93 | 2147 | 16 | 5434 |
| 2006 | 100 | 1988 | 13 | 6094 |
| 2005 | 56 | 2902 | 14 | 5578 |
| 2004 | 55 | 2889 | 11 | 6520 |
| 2003 | 39 | 3590 | 12 | 5877 |
| 2002 | 35 | 3730 | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | 33 | 3864 | 9 | 6935 |
| 2000 | 18 | 5937 | 10 | 6316 |
| 1999 | 33 | 3639 | 11 | 5656 |
| 1998 | 24 | 4492 | 10 | 5840 |
| 1997 | 12 | 7283 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | 6064 | 8 | 6496 |
| 1995 | 16 | 5677 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 9 | 8804 | 10 | 5452 |
| 1993 | 20 | 4826 | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8065 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 20 | 4808 | 11 | 4760 |
| 1990 | 10 | 7880 | 13 | 4167 |
| 1989 | 10 | 7449 | 15 | 3618 |
| 1988 | 14 | 5598 | 11 | 4162 |
| 1987 | 15 | 5074 | 10 | 4239 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6156 | 12 | 3653 |
| 1985 | 11 | 6031 | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 11 | 5824 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 14 | 4963 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 10 | 6319 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 15 | 4626 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 12 | 5214 | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | 16 | 4235 | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | 8 | 6611 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 7984 | <5 | — |
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| 1973 | 12 | 4586 | <5 | — |
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| 1970 | 8 | 5818 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 5 | 4404 |
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| 1967 | 7 | 5457 | <5 | — |
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| 1964 | 6 | 6009 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | 5891 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 6 | 5860 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 8 | 4882 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 11 | 3920 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 11 | 3827 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 8 | 4520 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 9 | 4202 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 8 | 4467 | 6 | 3535 |
| 1955 | 6 | 5208 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | 9 | 3955 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 9 | 2680 |
| 1951 | 7 | 4385 | <5 | — |
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| 1949 | 5 | 5244 | <5 | — |
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| 1943 | <5 | — | 6 | 3231 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 6 | 3212 |
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| 1932 | <5 | — | 5 | 3776 |
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| 1930 | <5 | — | 8 | 3022 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 7 | 3357 |
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| 1925 | <5 | — | 8 | 3155 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 9 | 3023 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 10 | 2801 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 5 | 4322 |
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| 1919 | <5 | — | 7 | 3391 |
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| 1917 | <5 | — | 5 | 3981 |
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| 1888 | 5 | 1276 | <5 | — |
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Where Wren is most popular
- Montana3.6×
- Alaska2.8×
- Utah2.7×
- South Dakota2.6×
- Idaho2.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 86% · boys 14% across all years