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Wren

This name comes from the English word for the small songbird.

Usage languagesEnglish, Old English
US rank (2025)#231

Meaning and history

This name comes from the English word for the small songbird and ultimately derives from Old English wrenna.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 100 births, rank #1,988
2007: 93 births, rank #2,147
2008: 114 births, rank #1,865
2009: 134 births, rank #1,660
2010: 185 births, rank #1,287
20112011: 206 births, rank #1,175
2012: 254 births, rank #994
2013: 340 births, rank #797
2014: 404 births, rank #697
2015: 405 births, rank #703
20162016: 595 births, rank #523
2017: 676 births, rank #464
2018: 667 births, rank #468
2019: 745 births, rank #426
2020: 862 births, rank #360
20212021: 1,228 births, rank #252
2022: 1,609 births, rank #184
2023: 1,549 births, rank #195
2024: 1,444 births, rank #213
20252025: 1,331 births, rank #231

Wren moved from #214 to #231 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2022, with 1,609 births.