Wren*
#1,204 most common girls' name of all time · #2,128 across all names · 14% male / 86% female · used 1888–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,204
Rank overall
#2,128 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
15,902
Since 2016
12,324
Peak year
2022 #184
Best rank
#184 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 1,830/yr
Wren first appears in 1888. 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 | 1,331 | 198 | 1,529 | #231 |
| 2024 | 1,444 | 217 | 1,661 | #213 |
| 2023 | 1,549 | 224 | 1,773 | #195 |
| 2022 | 1,609 | 221 | 1,830 | #184 |
| 2021 | 1,228 | 190 | 1,418 | #252 |
| 2020 | 862 | 150 | 1,012 | #360 |
| 2019 | 745 | 106 | 851 | #426 |
| 2018 | 667 | 112 | 779 | #468 |
| 2017 | 676 | 111 | 787 | #464 |
| 2016 | 595 | 89 | 684 | #523 |
| 2015 | 405 | 66 | 471 | #704 |
| 2014 | 404 | 44 | 448 | #697 |
| 2013 | 340 | 48 | 388 | #797 |
| 2012 | 254 | 29 | 283 | #995 |
| 2011 | 206 | 33 | 239 | #1,175 |
| 2010 | 185 | 32 | 217 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 134 | 18 | 152 | #1,660 |
| 2008 | 114 | 13 | 127 | #1,868 |
| 2007 | 93 | 16 | 109 | #2,149 |
| 2006 | 100 | 13 | 113 | #1,992 |
| 2005 | 56 | 14 | 70 | #2,906 |
| 2004 | 55 | 11 | 66 | #2,892 |
| 2003 | 39 | 12 | 51 | #3,598 |
| 2002 | 35 | 9 | 44 | #3,739 |
| 2001 | 33 | 9 | 42 | #3,875 |
| 2000 | 18 | 10 | 28 | #5,961 |
| 1999 | 33 | 11 | 44 | #3,647 |
| 1998 | 24 | 10 | 34 | #4,499 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,315 |
| 1996 | 15 | 8 | 23 | #6,088 |
| 1995 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #5,701 |
| 1994 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #8,846 |
| 1993 | 20 | 7 | 27 | #4,837 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,095 |
| 1991 | 20 | 11 | 31 | #4,833 |
| 1990 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #7,926 |
| 1989 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #7,491 |
| 1988 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #5,622 |
| 1987 | 15 | 10 | 25 | #5,094 |
| 1986 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #6,186 |
| 1985 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #6,069 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,873 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,605 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,989 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,364 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,644 |
| 1978 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #5,243 |
| 1977 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #4,260 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,669 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,063 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,610 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,863 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1967 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,532 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,074 |
| 1963 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #5,977 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,948 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,935 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,965 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,872 |
| 1958 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #4,569 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,259 |
| 1956 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #4,519 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,285 |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,001 |
| 1952 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1951 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,449 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,347 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1924 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1922 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,703 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,471 |