Wren Girl
How popular is Wren?
#231 girl name in 2025
1,331 baby girls were named Wren in the US in 2025, making it the 231st most popular girl name. Another 198 boys got the name (#1,084 for boys).
Wren popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #231 for girls (▼ 18 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,331 girls, 198 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+229% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #703 in 2015, #360 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (1,609 girls) |
| Highest rank | #184 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 13% boys, 87% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Wren counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Wren family of names ranked #241 for girls in 2025 (#222 the year before), with 1,388 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wren | 1,331 | 96% |
| Wrenn | 41 | 3% |
| Wrynn | 8 | 1% |
| Wryn | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Wren is most popular
Babies named Wren per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 5.2 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Alaska: 5.1 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Vermont: 5.0 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Montana: 4.3 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- South Dakota: 3.4 per 1,000 (48 girls)
Wren by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1910s | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1940s | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 58 | #3,826 |
| 1960s | 44 | #3,919 |
| 1970s | 77 | #4,234 |
| 1980s | 101 | #4,962 |
| 1990s | 169 | #3,635 |
| 2000s | 677 | #1,660 |
| 2010s | 4,477 | #426 |
| 2020s | 8,023 | #184 |
Girl names about as popular as Wren
Questions
- Is Wren a boy or girl name?
- Wren is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Wren were girls.
- How popular is the name Wren?
- 1,331 baby girls were named Wren in the US in 2025, making it the 231st most popular girl name. Another 198 boys got the name (#1,084 for boys).
- When was Wren most popular?
- Wren peaked in 2022, when 1,609 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #184 in 2022.
- How many people are named Wren?
- 15,902 babies have been named Wren in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,715 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Wren most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Wren was most common in Wyoming, at 5.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.