Wren
Wren is given to both girls and boys: 1,331 girls and 198 boys were given it in 2025 (#231 among girls’ names and #1,090 among boys’, #443 among all names counting both); 15,902 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,700 Americans named Wren and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 5 years old and half are between 3 and 10.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wren by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Wren mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Wren is “a male or female given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “wren” (wrenne).
Originally a nickname, from Middle English wrenne (“wren”).
/ɹɛn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Wren?
#231 among girls’ names, 2025
Wren rose from #707 in 2015 to #231 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.23 to 0.83 per 1,000.
1,830 babies in 2022, the peak
Wren peaked in 2022, when 1,830 babies were given it (1,609 girls, #184 among girls’ names). The 1,529 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 84% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,331 | #231 | 198 | #1,090 |
| 2024 | 1,444 | #214 | 217 | #1,030 |
| 2023 | 1,549 | #195 | 224 | #986 |
| 2022 | 1,609 | #184 | 221 | #1,011 |
| 2021 | 1,228 | #252 | 190 | #1,102 |
| 2020 | 862 | #360 | 150 | #1,243 |
| 2019 | 745 | #427 | 106 | #1,581 |
| 2018 | 667 | #468 | 112 | #1,528 |
| 2017 | 676 | #464 | 111 | #1,509 |
| 2016 | 595 | #524 | 89 | #1,753 |
Every recorded year (84)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 405 | #707 | 66 | #2,130 |
| 2014 | 404 | #699 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2013 | 340 | #797 | 48 | #2,558 |
| 2012 | 254 | #998 | 29 | #3,705 |
| 2011 | 206 | #1,176 | 33 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 185 | #1,291 | 32 | #3,448 |
| 2009 | 134 | #1,675 | 18 | #5,313 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,879 | 13 | #6,739 |
| 2007 | 93 | #2,162 | 16 | #5,647 |
| 2006 | 100 | #2,002 | 13 | #6,439 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,930 | 14 | #5,857 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,921 | 11 | #6,948 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,649 | 12 | #6,234 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,802 | 9 | #7,612 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,933 | 9 | #7,500 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,195 | 10 | #6,808 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,711 | 11 | #6,017 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,628 | 10 | #6,292 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,720 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,381 | 8 | #7,108 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,940 | 6 | #8,831 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,557 | 10 | #5,850 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,990 | 7 | #7,611 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,717 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,994 | 11 | #5,082 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,474 | 13 | #4,392 |
| 1989 | 10 | #8,016 | 15 | #3,798 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,886 | 11 | #4,433 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,300 | 10 | #4,560 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,600 | 12 | #3,872 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,449 | 9 | #4,679 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,203 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 5 | #12,284 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,248 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,784 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,836 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,557 | 5 | #6,745 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,422 | 5 | #6,841 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,282 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 6 | #9,045 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,859 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,350 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 5 | #5,028 | |
| 1967 | 7 | #6,032 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,758 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,576 | 5 | #4,614 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,569 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 8 | #5,298 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,174 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 11 | #4,025 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,885 | 5 | #4,497 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,530 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,830 | 6 | #3,933 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,818 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 7 | #3,447 | |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,219 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 9 | #2,869 | |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,824 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 5 | #6,052 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 6 | #3,534 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 6 | #3,556 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 5 | #4,272 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 8 | #3,284 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 5 | #4,532 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 7 | #3,689 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 8 | #3,401 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 9 | #3,253 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 5 | #4,889 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 10 | #3,011 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 5 | #4,973 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 7 | #3,734 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 5 | #4,594 | |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,188 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,470 | under 5 |
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 Wren a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 15,902 Americans recorded as Wren, 86% are girls and 14% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Wren: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wren, and how old are they?
15,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 15,902 Americans ever recorded as Wren. The median Wren alive today is 5 years old; half are between 3 and 10.
The 2020 Census counted 6,906 people named Wren (5,808 women and girls, 1,098 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,774 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 103 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 102 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 293 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,620 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 13,600 |
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 Wren born?
The states with the most babies named Wren are Texas, California and Michigan, with 18% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 93 | #429 | 0.6× |
| California | 91 | #467 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 75 | #130 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 71 | #180 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 68 | #165 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 67 | #188 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 55 | #181 | 0.9× |
| Utah | 53 | #94 | 1.9× |
| New York | 51 | #387 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 47 | #264 | 0.8× |
Where Wren is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Wren is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Wren 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 16,409 babies since 1880, Wren is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,529 of their 1,576 babies (97%), 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 Wren
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 Wren and names like it
- Compare Wren and WrennBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sWren peaked in 2022.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Wren since 1910.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Wren.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Wren alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with WMost given first.