Ren**
#2,166 most common boys' name of all time · #5,189 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 1915–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,166
Rank overall
#5,189 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
3,634
Since 2016
2,128
Peak year
2025 #1,042
Best rank
#1,042 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 298/yr
Ren first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | 213 | 298 | #1,042 |
| 2024 | 83 | 183 | 266 | #1,146 |
| 2023 | 88 | 199 | 287 | #1,082 |
| 2022 | 87 | 188 | 275 | #1,126 |
| 2021 | 80 | 182 | 262 | #1,120 |
| 2020 | 54 | 136 | 190 | #1,321 |
| 2019 | 58 | 102 | 160 | #1,620 |
| 2018 | 38 | 87 | 125 | #1,768 |
| 2017 | 31 | 93 | 124 | #1,698 |
| 2016 | 28 | 113 | 141 | #1,502 |
| 2015 | 13 | 72 | 85 | #2,008 |
| 2014 | 15 | 71 | 86 | #2,007 |
| 2013 | 13 | 66 | 79 | #2,051 |
| 2012 | 15 | 56 | 71 | #2,303 |
| 2011 | 22 | 43 | 65 | #2,757 |
| 2010 | 11 | 56 | 67 | #2,297 |
| 2009 | 11 | 46 | 57 | #2,671 |
| 2008 | 12 | 42 | 54 | #2,840 |
| 2007 | 11 | 35 | 46 | #3,204 |
| 2006 | 12 | 24 | 36 | #4,015 |
| 2005 | 8 | 35 | 43 | #2,973 |
| 2004 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #4,294 |
| 2003 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #3,752 |
| 2002 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,207 |
| 2001 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,150 |
| 2000 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,427 |
| 1999 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,724 |
| 1998 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,890 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,718 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #4,668 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,997 |
| 1994 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,641 |
| 1993 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #3,271 |
| 1992 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #2,424 |
| 1991 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,629 |
| 1990 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,646 |
| 1989 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,127 |
| 1988 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,752 |
| 1987 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,776 |
| 1986 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #2,459 |
| 1985 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,850 |
| 1984 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,388 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,052 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,703 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,296 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,079 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,531 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,215 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,373 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,625 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,698 |
| 1964 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,773 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,459 |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,815 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,219 |
| 1959 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,261 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,437 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,950 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,402 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,890 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,319 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,006 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,005 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1949 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,207 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,568 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,035 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,420 |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,537 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,918 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,863 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,432 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,206 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,884 |
| 1923 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,754 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,135 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,664 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,852 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,335 |