How Many People Are Named Wren?
people named Wren are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,796 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,902 babies named Wren in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,830 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the small songbird. It is ultimately derived from Old English wrenna.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Wren in English. Counting Wren and these spellings together, about 16,119 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Wren, 86.3% were girls and 13.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Wren rose from 63.9% in the 1980s to 87% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wren alive today is about 7 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wren first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 2022, to 1,830 babies. In 2025, 1,529 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wren has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #184, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #231. Among boys, its best rank was #986, in 2023.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #231 | #1,090 |
| Best rank | #184 (2022) | #986 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #223 in the 2020s | #1,078 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wren alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wren were born in California than in any other state: about 1,062 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wren was given 3.3 times as often in Montana, 2.9 times in Alaska and 2.7 times in Utah.
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