Ren
Ren is given to both girls and boys: 85 girls and 213 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,190 among girls’ names and #1,041 among boys’, #1,699 among all names counting both); 3,634 Americans have been recorded with it since 1915 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,470 Americans named Ren and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 4 and 17.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ren by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ren?
#1,041 among boys’ names, 2025
Ren rose from #2,014 in 2015 to #1,041 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.04 to 0.12 per 1,000.
298 babies in 2025, the peak
Ren peaked in 2025, when 298 babies were given it (213 boys, #1,041 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 183 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #2,190 | 213 | #1,041 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,262 | 183 | #1,149 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,173 | 199 | #1,083 |
| 2022 | 87 | #2,187 | 188 | #1,128 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,305 | 182 | #1,123 |
| 2020 | 54 | #3,003 | 136 | #1,323 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,884 | 102 | #1,620 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,906 | 87 | #1,773 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,557 | 93 | #1,703 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,958 | 113 | #1,510 |
Every recorded year (83)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #8,841 | 72 | #2,014 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,976 | 71 | #2,013 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,940 | 66 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 15 | #8,127 | 56 | #2,317 |
| 2011 | 22 | #6,100 | 43 | #2,784 |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,309 | 56 | #2,314 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,515 | 46 | #2,693 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,950 | 42 | #2,869 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,662 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,775 | 24 | #4,074 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,751 | 35 | #2,997 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,485 | 20 | #4,376 |
| 2003 | 6 | #15,334 | 23 | #3,817 |
| 2002 | under 5 | 19 | #4,288 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 19 | #4,253 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 17 | #4,518 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 20 | #3,803 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 18 | #3,972 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 13 | #4,890 | |
| 1996 | 5 | #15,293 | 13 | #4,820 |
| 1995 | under 5 | 9 | #6,299 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 18 | #3,713 | |
| 1993 | 6 | #13,040 | 20 | #3,337 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,969 | 30 | #2,442 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 26 | #2,663 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 25 | #2,676 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 33 | #2,133 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 40 | #1,758 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 37 | #1,786 | |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,539 | 22 | #2,486 |
| 1985 | under 5 | 32 | #1,862 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 21 | #2,421 | |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,568 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 10 | #4,174 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 6 | #6,074 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 5 | #6,848 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 5 | #6,644 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 9 | #3,631 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 5 | #5,572 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 9 | #3,465 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 5 | #4,884 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 5 | #4,403 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 6 | #3,843 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 10 | #2,805 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 9 | #3,007 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 12 | #2,478 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 10 | #2,860 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 8 | #3,279 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 14 | #2,276 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 7 | #3,506 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 9 | #2,981 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 7 | #3,470 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 9 | #2,927 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 7 | #3,365 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 5 | #4,149 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 5 | #4,137 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 7 | #3,259 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 13 | #2,201 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 10 | #2,574 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 8 | #3,050 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 6 | #3,458 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 9 | #2,541 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 8 | #2,920 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 5 | #3,946 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 6 | #3,458 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 7 | #3,221 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 6 | #3,920 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 11 | #2,738 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 6 | #4,221 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 5 | #4,842 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 6 | #4,072 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 6 | #3,891 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 5 | #4,286 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Ren a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,634 Americans recorded as Ren, 22% are girls and 78% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ren: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ren, and how old are they?
3,470 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 3,634 Americans ever recorded as Ren. The median Ren alive today is 8 years old; half are between 4 and 17.
The 2020 Census counted 3,626 people named Ren (1,099 women and girls, 2,527 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,975 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Ren rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 105 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 48 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 346 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 594 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,360 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ren born?
The states with the most babies named Ren are California, Texas and Arizona, with 52% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 57 | #641 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 27 | #1,244 | 0.5× |
| Arizona | 13 | #765 | 0.3× |
| New York | 11 | #1,099 | 0.5× |
| Washington | 11 | #631 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 11 | #2,035 | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 9 | #972 | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,113 | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 7 | #978 | 0.2× |
| Utah | 6 | #684 | 1.6× |
Where Ren is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ren is most over-represented in California: since 1915 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ren with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 8,141 babies since 1880, Ren is the most given (45% of them). In 2025 it was given to 298 of their 501 babies (59%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ren
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ren and names like it
- Compare Ren and RehanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sRen peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ren since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Ren.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ren alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.