Rena
Rena was given to 75 girls in 2025, #2,402 among girls’ names; 39,247 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 19,100 Americans named Rena and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 43 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rena by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Rena?
#2,402 among girls’ names, 2025
Rena rose from #2,732 in 2015 to #2,402 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 36.4 to 46.7 per million.
578 babies in 1916, the peak
Rena peaked in 1916, when 578 babies were given it (573 girls, #255 among girls’ names). The 75 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,402 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,688 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 96 | #2,045 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,461 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 77 | #2,362 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 100 | #1,921 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,674 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 89 | #2,142 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 80 | #2,315 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,613 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 65 | #2,732 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,287 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,831 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,470 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,658 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 100 | #2,006 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 89 | #2,222 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,288 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,937 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 113 | #1,823 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 108 | #1,814 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 98 | #1,921 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 131 | #1,491 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 116 | #1,602 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 131 | #1,442 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,466 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 125 | #1,411 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 110 | #1,529 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 99 | #1,611 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 135 | #1,284 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 115 | #1,422 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 101 | #1,537 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 127 | #1,321 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 150 | #1,169 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 150 | #1,167 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 155 | #1,122 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 177 | #978 | 0.10 |
| 1988 | 195 | #898 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 185 | #902 | 0.11 |
| 1986 | 190 | #875 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 193 | #843 | 0.11 |
| 1984 | 222 | #740 | 0.13 |
| 1983 | 258 | #668 | 0.15 |
| 1982 | 302 | #597 | 0.18 |
| 1981 | 288 | #627 | 0.17 |
| 1980 | 303 | #607 | 0.18 |
| 1979 | 244 | #695 | 0.15 |
| 1978 | 260 | #634 | 0.17 |
| 1977 | 275 | #611 | 0.18 |
| 1976 | 241 | #645 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 287 | #577 | 0.20 |
| 1974 | 269 | #590 | 0.18 |
| 1973 | 264 | #597 | 0.18 |
| 1972 | 324 | #525 | 0.21 |
| 1971 | 352 | #522 | 0.21 |
| 1970 | 401 | #498 | 0.23 |
| 1969 | 402 | #482 | 0.24 |
| 1968 | 416 | #472 | 0.25 |
| 1967 | 399 | #477 | 0.24 |
| 1966 | 419 | #464 | 0.25 |
| 1965 | 447 | #454 | 0.25 |
| 1964 | 538 | #421 | 0.28 |
| 1963 | 482 | #442 | 0.25 |
| 1962 | 575 | #400 | 0.29 |
| 1961 | 523 | #429 | 0.26 |
| 1960 | 518 | #431 | 0.26 |
| 1959 | 494 | #430 | 0.24 |
| 1958 | 492 | #423 | 0.24 |
| 1957 | 480 | #429 | 0.23 |
| 1956 | 466 | #422 | 0.23 |
| 1955 | 471 | #402 | 0.24 |
| 1954 | 428 | #419 | 0.22 |
| 1953 | 422 | #421 | 0.22 |
| 1952 | 412 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1951 | 395 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1950 | 370 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1949 | 394 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1948 | 406 | #393 | 0.24 |
| 1947 | 393 | #407 | 0.22 |
| 1946 | 373 | #393 | 0.24 |
| 1945 | 331 | #391 | 0.25 |
| 1944 | 316 | #401 | 0.24 |
| 1943 | 389 | #365 | 0.28 |
| 1942 | 348 | #381 | 0.26 |
| 1941 | 320 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1940 | 307 | #379 | 0.27 |
| 1939 | 326 | #361 | 0.30 |
| 1938 | 304 | #381 | 0.28 |
| 1937 | 353 | #332 | 0.33 |
| 1936 | 296 | #369 | 0.28 |
| 1935 | 352 | #339 | 0.34 |
| 1934 | 356 | #334 | 0.34 |
| 1933 | 320 | #350 | 0.32 |
| 1932 | 344 | #341 | 0.32 |
| 1931 | 341 | #346 | 0.32 |
| 1930 | 373 | #336 | 0.33 |
| 1929 | 409 | #322 | 0.37 |
| 1928 | 429 | #318 | 0.37 |
| 1927 | 433 | #323 | 0.36 |
| 1926 | 445 | #316 | 0.38 |
| 1925 | 452 | #312 | 0.37 |
| 1924 | 521 | #292 | 0.42 |
| 1923 | 487 | #295 | 0.40 |
| 1922 | 518 | #287 | 0.43 |
| 1921 | 549 | #283 | 0.45 |
| 1920 | 494 | #293 | 0.41 |
| 1919 | 517 | #281 | 0.46 |
| 1918 | 518 | #276 | 0.45 |
| 1917 | 522 | #271 | 0.48 |
| 1916 | 573 | #255 | 0.55 |
| 1915 | 519 | #258 | 0.53 |
| 1914 | 387 | #262 | 0.51 |
| 1913 | 306 | #265 | 0.49 |
| 1912 | 319 | #249 | 0.57 |
| 1911 | 260 | #242 | 0.62 |
| 1910 | 253 | #241 | 0.64 |
| 1909 | 193 | #259 | 0.56 |
| 1908 | 201 | #240 | 0.60 |
| 1907 | 209 | #228 | 0.66 |
| 1906 | 188 | #232 | 0.64 |
| 1905 | 204 | #219 | 0.70 |
| 1904 | 225 | #201 | 0.82 |
| 1903 | 217 | #195 | 0.83 |
| 1902 | 230 | #192 | 0.87 |
| 1901 | 215 | #192 | 0.90 |
| 1900 | 235 | #205 | 0.78 |
| 1899 | 193 | #198 | 0.83 |
| 1898 | 218 | #198 | 0.84 |
| 1897 | 193 | #200 | 0.82 |
| 1896 | 203 | #194 | 0.85 |
| 1895 | 189 | #198 | 0.81 |
| 1894 | 217 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1893 | 186 | #190 | 0.87 |
| 1892 | 181 | #188 | 0.85 |
| 1891 | 173 | #182 | 0.93 |
| 1890 | 192 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1889 | 161 | #181 | 0.90 |
| 1888 | 172 | #167 | 1.0 |
| 1887 | 155 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1886 | 119 | #185 | 0.82 |
| 1885 | 148 | #153 | 1.1 |
| 1884 | 94 | #190 | 0.73 |
| 1883 | 105 | #162 | 0.93 |
| 1882 | 103 | #160 | 1.0 |
| 1881 | 88 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1880 | 74 | #174 | 0.81 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rena a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rena has been given almost only to girls: 123 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rena: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rena, and how old are they?
19,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 39,247 Americans ever recorded as Rena. The median Rena alive today is 59 years old; half are between 43 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 20,224 people named Rena (20,032 women and girls, 192 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 20,726 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,790 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,790 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,910 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,870 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,660 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 991 |
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 Rena born?
The states with the most babies named Rena are New York, California and Texas, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,635 | #1,499 | 0.9× |
| California | 2,534 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 1,957 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 1,396 | #1,211 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 1,368 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Louisiana | 1,311 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,240 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 1,105 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 1,037 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 978 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Rena is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rena is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 2.2 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 girls’ 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 Rena 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 285,926 babies since 1880, Rena is the second most given (14% of them). In 2025 it was given to 75 of their 1,387 babies (5.4%), the fourth most given that year.
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 Rena
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 Rena and names like it
- Compare Rena and ReneeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sRena peaked in 1916.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rena since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Rena.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rena alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.