How rare is the name Wren?

6,906 people in the United States have the first name Wren, about 1 in 43,735. It ranks #3,154 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WREN

#3,154

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,906
About
1 in 43,735
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,906 people named Wren, 82.3% reported their origin as White, 7.1% as two or more races and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 84.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Wren peaked in 2022, when 1,830 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
1,830
In 2025*
1,529 ▼16%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 15,902 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.

Wren by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #438. The largest share of babies named Wren, 85.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1910s#8,67317
1920s#7,58249
1930s#9,74313
1940s#9,67317
1950s#6,35985
1960s#8,75754
1970s#8,95987
1980s#7,445158
1990s#7,009245
2000s#3,896802
2010s#1,1235,147
2020s#4389,223
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–961.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.3%
2013 and later85.7%

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 Wren is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wren has been most common in Utah (4×), Alaska (3×), and Idaho (2.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.24×).

13,274 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.

Either side of Wren

#3,152 Nanci · 6,910#3,153 Xuan · 6,908#3,155 Estevan · 6,905#3,156 Aryanna · 6,902

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wren, most common first.

#26,708 Wrenn · 347

Also a last name

As a last name, Wren ranks #3,288 of 156,621, with 10,727 people. See Wren as a last name

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