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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
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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 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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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 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#146 · 1 in 409
- Utah#310 · 1 in 1,205
- Washington#731 · 1 in 4,064
- Massachusetts#755 · 1 in 5,405
- Michigan#875 · 1 in 5,711
Best ever in a state: #146 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #146 | 7 | 1 in 409 |
| Utah | #310 | 16 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Washington | #731 | 8 | 1 in 4,064 |
| Massachusetts | #755 | 5 | 1 in 5,405 |
| Michigan | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,711 |
| California | #898 | 26 | 1 in 6,933 |
| Indiana | #954 | 5 | 1 in 6,420 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,099 | 6 | 1 in 8,708 |
| Illinois | #1,157 | 6 | 1 in 8,366 |
| North Carolina | #1,294 | 5 | 1 in 10,229 |
| Texas | #1,439 | 13 | 1 in 13,753 |
| New York | #1,636 | 6 | 1 in 14,413 |
| Florida | #1,829 | 5 | 1 in 19,127 |
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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
- 107 spots since 2024 (#1,145 → #1,038)
- 282 spots since 2020 (#1,320 → #1,038)
- 963 spots since 2015 (#2,001 → #1,038)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2025 at #1,038 (213 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,019 boys born in 2025 were named Ren (0.01%)
- 39.1% of all boys named Ren (1,101) were born in this decade
- 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.
Ren in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 19,520 of them was named Ren, which outranked 87.3% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,231Nylani84
- #2,231Ollie84
- #2,231Rosanna84
- #2,248Ren83
- #2,248Aithana83
- #2,248Audrina83
- #2,248Diane83
- #2,265Aribella82
- #2,265Aris82
- #2,265Charly82
Tied with 16 names at #2,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 9,415 of them was named Ren, which outranked 92.0% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,140Jean185
- #1,140Kit185
- #1,140Mattias185
- #1,145Ren183
- #1,145Eleazar183
- #1,145Genesis183
- #1,145Jahziel183
- #1,151Ash182
- #1,151Mariano182
- #1,151Rogelio182
Tied with 5 names at #1,145; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.