How rare is the name Ren?

3,626 people in the United States have the first name Ren, about 1 in 83,296. It ranks #4,917 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

REN

#4,917

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,626
About
1 in 83,296
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,626 people named Ren, 41.7% reported their origin as White, 35.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 11.4% as two or more races. 69.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ren peaked in 2025, when 298 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
298
In 2025*
298
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 3,634 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ren by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,855. The largest share of babies named Ren, 65.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#8,67317
1920s#9,90622
1930s#8,93119
1940s#6,45359
1950s#7,04270
1960s#8,06265
1970s#14,22933
1980s#6,144212
1990s#7,883208
2000s#6,858348
2010s#3,5381,003
2020s#1,8551,578
Greatest Generation 1901–271.1%
Silent Generation 1928–451.1%
Baby boom 1946–644.3%
Generation X 1965–801.5%
Millennials 1981–9610%
Generation Z 1997–1216.6%
2013 and later65.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ren is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ren has been most common in Utah (7.2×), Washington (4.3×), and California (3.8×), and least common in Illinois (0.48×).

1,369 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ren

1 other first name also has 3,626 people.

#4,917 Adyson · 3,626

Either side of Ren

#4,916 Tanika · 3,629#4,917 Adyson · 3,626#4,919 Harlie · 3,624#4,920 Delano · 3,621

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ren, most common first.

#632 Rene · 83,545#1,590 Rena · 20,224#6,099 Reno · 2,671#7,579 Renu · 2,000#17,879 Reni · 609#19,487 Renn · 542#21,719 Reny · 465#21,819 Rein · 462

Also a last name

As a last name, Ren ranks #3,943 of 156,621, with 8,740 people. See Ren as a last name

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