NameTides

Wren

Wren was the #231 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,331 babies), and #137 in England & Wales and #131 in Canada.

Wren as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Wren as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandNorthern IrelandUSIreland
Wren as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#231 (1,331)#137 (362)#164 (25)#205 (8)#247 (17)#131 (209)
2024#213 (1,444)#128 (377)#117 (38)#212 (8)#259 (16)#124 (213)
2023#195 (1,549)#129 (387)#149 (29)#302 (5)#364 (10)#96 (243)
2022#184 (1,609)#150 (326)#151 (28)#218 (8)#338 (12)#85 (283)
2021#252 (1,228)#184 (279)#225 (18)#223 (8)#336 (12)#115 (236)
2020#360 (862)#217 (219)#220 (17)#333 (4)#628 (5)#299 (105)
2019#426 (745)#210 (236)#286 (13)——#340 (95)
2018#468 (667)#233 (216)#415 (8)#273 (6)#629 (5)#429 (75)
2017#464 (676)#252 (197)#369 (9)—#873 (3)#507 (63)
2016#523 (595)#334 (147)#336 (11)—#585 (6)#512 (63)
2015#703 (405)#400 (115)#653 (4)—#896 (3)#685 (42)
2014#697 (404)#481 (89)#365 (10)——#847 (32)
2013#797 (340)#528 (79)———#777 (36)
2012#994 (254)#812 (47)#525 (6)——#785 (35)
2011#1,175 (206)#1,096 (31)———#1,305 (18)

Wren as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Wren as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaIrelandUS
Wren as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,084 (198)#443 (88)#367 (9)#676 (4)#859 (30)
2024#1,026 (217)#602 (63)—#655 (4)#658 (41)
2023#977 (224)#579 (64)#728 (3)#770 (3)#738 (34)
2022#1,007 (221)#615 (59)#590 (4)#429 (8)#787 (32)
2021#1,100 (190)#688 (51)#605 (4)—#833 (30)
2020#1,240 (150)#723 (45)#711 (3)—#1,261 (16)
2019#1,574 (106)#874 (34)#464 (6)—#1,029 (21)
2018#1,521 (112)#821 (38)——#1,175 (17)
2017#1,502 (111)#1,470 (17)——#1,008 (22)
2016#1,739 (89)#1,363 (19)——#1,198 (17)
2015#2,112 (66)#1,902 (12)——#1,956 (8)
2014#2,705 (44)#3,362 (5)——#1,936 (8)
2013#2,528 (48)#3,822 (4)——#2,606 (5)
2012#3,625 (29)#3,987 (4)———
2011#3,306 (33)#3,830 (4)——#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #184.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.
  • In 2025, 87% of US babies named Wren were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 700common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 720common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 910common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 720common
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wren is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 860 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wren by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #105WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #196WAIdaho: #55IDMontana: #29MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #114MNIllinois: #294ILMichigan: #128MINew York: #380NYMassachusetts: #263MAOregon: #190ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #84SDIowa: #173IAIndiana: #201INOhio: #178OHPennsylvania: #163PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: #280CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #458CAUtah: #94UTColorado: #245CONebraska: #138NEMissouri: #208MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: #139WVVirginia: #175VAMaryland: #304MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #233AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #136KSArkansas: #119ARTennessee: #194TNNorth Carolina: #180NCSouth Carolina: #188SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #225OKLouisiana: #195LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #236ALGeorgia: #262GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #427TXFlorida: #489FL
Wren (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#11194

Wren (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WrenCanadaGirls#131209
WrenCanadaBoys#85930
WrenEngland & WalesGirls#137362
WrenEngland & WalesBoys#44388
WrenIrelandGirls#24717
WrenIrelandBoys#6764
WrenNorthern IrelandGirls#2058
WrenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WrenScotlandGirls#16425
WrenScotlandBoys#3679
WrenUSGirls#2311,331
WrenUSBoys#1,084198