Ren
- #2,173 for girls in 2025, 85 births
- #1,038 for boys in 2025, 213 births
- Given to boys 77.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 213 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,818since 1915
Ren over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,173 | 85 | #1,038 | 213 |
| 2024 | #2,248 | 83 | #1,145 | 183 |
| 2023 | #2,156 | 88 | #1,080 | 199 |
| 2022 | #2,174 | 87 | #1,125 | 188 |
| 2021 | #2,286 | 80 | #1,119 | 182 |
| 2020 | #2,966 | 54 | #1,320 | 136 |
| 2019 | #2,856 | 58 | #1,614 | 102 |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 | #1,762 | 87 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | #1,695 | 93 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | #1,501 | 113 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #2,001 | 72 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | #2,000 | 71 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #2,044 | 66 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #2,292 | 56 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | #2,748 | 43 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #2,287 | 56 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #2,663 | 46 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #3,188 | 35 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #2,960 | 35 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | — | #4,188 | 19 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,121 | 19 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,704 | 20 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,731 | 40 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,760 | 37 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #2,429 | 22 |
| 1985 | — | #1,834 | 32 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,364 | 21 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
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| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
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| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Ren! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ren is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Nevada#516 · 1 in 2,259
- Washington#604 · 1 in 2,982
- Utah#621 · 1 in 3,277
- California#638 · 1 in 3,988
- Arizona#720 · 1 in 4,090
Best ever in a state: #146 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Washington | #604 | 11 | 1 in 2,982 |
| Utah | #621 | 6 | 1 in 3,277 |
| California | #638 | 44 | 1 in 3,988 |
| Arizona | #720 | 8 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Michigan | #905 | 7 | 1 in 5,742 |
| Georgia | #919 | 9 | 1 in 5,580 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 7 | 1 in 7,079 |
| New York | #1,055 | 11 | 1 in 7,675 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| Texas | #1,217 | 17 | 1 in 10,297 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ren
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 282 spots since 2020 (#1,320 → #1,038)
Rise & fade · boys
110 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2025 at #1,038 (213 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,019
- Highest: 1 in 8,019 boys born in 2025 were named Ren (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 39.1% of all boys named Ren (1,101) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1984
- Mostly girls until 1983, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,545 (1917) | #3,702 |
| 1920s | 22 | #2,614 (1923) | #3,603 |
| 1930s | 19 | #3,004 (1933) | #3,257 |
| 1940s | 59 | #2,123 (1949) | #2,755 |
| 1950s | 70 | #2,200 (1959) | #3,099 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,364 (1962) | #3,195 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,282 (1970) | #4,723 |
| 1980s | 201 | #1,731 (1988) | #2,714 |
| 1990s | 192 | #2,412 (1992) | #3,725 |
| 2000s | 280 | #2,663 (2009) | #3,633 |
| 2010s | 759 | #1,501 (2016) | #1,994 |
| 2020s | 1,101 | #1,038 (2025) | #1,138 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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