Rena
#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 148 births
- Debut · girls
- 74 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 39,124since 1880
Rena over time
Rank among girls' names. Rena has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #2,387 | 75 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,033 | 96 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,445 | 74 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,345 | 77 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,908 | 100 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,651 | 65 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,130 | 89 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,302 | 80 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,594 | 68 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,712 | 65 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,267 | 82 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 61 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,449 | 75 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,638 | 67 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,992 | 100 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,204 | 89 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,267 | 86 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,929 | 107 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,809 | 113 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,803 | 108 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,909 | 98 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,486 | 131 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,594 | 116 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,438 | 131 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,456 | 126 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,408 | 125 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,526 | 110 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,606 | 99 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,279 | 135 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,419 | 115 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,535 | 101 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,318 | 127 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,170 | 150 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,167 | 150 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,124 | 155 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #978 | 177 | — | |
| 1988 | #897 | 195 | — | |
| 1987 | #900 | 185 | — | |
| 1986 | #873 | 190 | — | |
| 1985 | #842 | 193 | — | |
| 1984 | #737 | 222 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #666 | 258 | — | |
| 1982 | #596 | 302 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #627 | 288 | — | |
| 1980 | #605 | 303 | — | |
| 1979 | #693 | 244 | — | |
| 1978 | #634 | 260 | — | |
| 1977 | #611 | 275 | — | |
| 1976 | #642 | 241 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #577 | 287 | — | |
| 1974 | #588 | 269 | — | |
| 1973 | #597 | 264 | — | |
| 1972 | #524 | 324 | — | |
| 1971 | #522 | 352 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #496 | 401 | — | |
| 1969 | #482 | 402 | — | |
| 1968 | #472 | 416 | — | |
| 1967 | #475 | 399 | — | |
| 1966 | #464 | 419 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #452 | 447 | — | |
| 1964 | #421 | 538 | — | |
| 1963 | #442 | 482 | — | |
| 1962 | #400 | 575 | — | |
| 1961 | #429 | 523 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #430 | 518 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #428 | 494 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #422 | 492 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #429 | 480 | — | |
| 1956 | #423 | 466 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #403 | 471 | — | |
| 1954 | #419 | 428 | — | |
| 1953 | #420 | 422 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #420 | 412 | — | |
| 1951 | #421 | 395 | — | |
| 1950 | #416 | 370 | — | |
| 1949 | #402 | 394 | — | |
| 1948 | #393 | 406 | — | |
| 1947 | #407 | 393 | — | |
| 1946 | #392 | 373 | — | |
| 1945 | #391 | 331 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #399 | 316 | — | |
| 1943 | #365 | 389 | — | |
| 1942 | #381 | 348 | — | |
| 1941 | #381 | 320 | — | |
| 1940 | #379 | 307 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #360 | 326 | — | |
| 1938 | #381 | 304 | — | |
| 1937 | #331 | 353 | — | |
| 1936 | #369 | 296 | — | |
| 1935 | #337 | 352 | — | |
| 1934 | #333 | 356 | — | |
| 1933 | #350 | 320 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #341 | 344 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #346 | 341 | — | |
| 1930 | #335 | 373 | — | |
| 1929 | #322 | 409 | — | |
| 1928 | #318 | 429 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #323 | 433 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #315 | 445 | — | |
| 1925 | #312 | 452 | — | |
| 1924 | #291 | 521 | — | |
| 1923 | #294 | 487 | — | |
| 1922 | #287 | 518 | — | |
| 1921 | #283 | 549 | — | |
| 1920 | #292 | 494 | — | |
| 1919 | #280 | 517 | — | |
| 1918 | #275 | 518 | — | |
| 1917 | #271 | 522 | — | |
| 1916 | #255 | 573 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #258 | 519 | — | |
| 1914 | #262 | 387 | — | |
| 1913 | #265 | 306 | — | |
| 1912 | #249 | 319 | — | |
| 1911 | #242 | 260 | — | |
| 1910 | #241 | 253 | — | |
| 1909 | #259 | 193 | — | |
| 1908 | #239 | 201 | — | |
| 1907 | #228 | 209 | — | |
| 1906 | #231 | 188 | — | |
| 1905 | #219 | 204 | — | |
| 1904 | #201 | 225 | — | |
| 1903 | #195 | 217 | — | |
| 1902 | #192 | 230 | — | |
| 1901 | #192 | 215 | — | |
| 1900 | #204 | 235 | — | |
| 1899 | #198 | 193 | — | |
| 1898 | #198 | 218 | — | |
| 1897 | #200 | 193 | — | |
| 1896 | #194 | 203 | — | |
| 1895 | #198 | 189 | — | |
| 1894 | #179 | 217 | — | |
| 1893 | #189 | 186 | — | |
| 1892 | #187 | 181 | — | |
| 1891 | #182 | 173 | — | |
| 1890 | #174 | 192 | — | |
| 1889 | #181 | 161 | — | |
| 1888 | #166 | 172 | — | |
| 1887 | #157 | 155 | — | |
| 1886 | #185 | 119 | — | |
| 1885 | #153 | 148 | — | |
| 1884 | #187 | 94 | — | |
| 1883 | #162 | 105 | — | |
| 1882 | #159 | 103 | — | |
| 1881 | #153 | 88 | — | |
| 1880 | #173 | 74 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rena was already there! It came in at #173, and was given to 74 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2011–2019, when fewer than 90 girls a year got the name.
Where Rena is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#104 · 1 in 381
- Louisiana#126 · 1 in 507
- Rhode Island#139 · 1 in 706
- Massachusetts#141 · 1 in 853
- North Carolina#156 · 1 in 804
Best ever in a state: #59 in Maine, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #104 | 15 | 1 in 381 |
| Louisiana | #126 | 35 | 1 in 507 |
| Rhode Island | #139 | 7 | 1 in 706 |
| Massachusetts | #141 | 39 | 1 in 853 |
| North Carolina | #156 | 38 | 1 in 804 |
| South Carolina | #164 | 22 | 1 in 874 |
| New Mexico | #166 | 5 | 1 in 599 |
| Alabama | #169 | 29 | 1 in 892 |
| Washington | #175 | 9 | 1 in 932 |
| Colorado | #182 | 7 | 1 in 971 |
| Montana | #182 | 5 | 1 in 1,024 |
| South Dakota | #189 | 6 | 1 in 973 |
| California | #192 | 18 | 1 in 1,086 |
| Arkansas | #201 | 18 | 1 in 911 |
| Tennessee | #212 | 18 | 1 in 1,284 |
| Georgia | #214 | 22 | 1 in 1,425 |
| Kentucky | #224 | 17 | 1 in 1,415 |
| Michigan | #225 | 18 | 1 in 1,793 |
| Kansas | #229 | 10 | 1 in 1,480 |
| Maryland | #236 | 6 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Virginia | #245 | 12 | 1 in 2,023 |
| Connecticut | #247 | 5 | 1 in 2,615 |
| Oklahoma | #250 | 13 | 1 in 1,411 |
| Pennsylvania | #259 | 29 | 1 in 3,078 |
| Mississippi | #260 | 11 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Illinois | #261 | 24 | 1 in 2,414 |
| Indiana | #269 | 10 | 1 in 2,371 |
| Iowa | #277 | 9 | 1 in 2,300 |
| New Jersey | #278 | 8 | 1 in 3,588 |
| Florida | #280 | 5 | 1 in 1,737 |
| Missouri | #288 | 13 | 1 in 2,219 |
| Wisconsin | #301 | 8 | 1 in 2,941 |
| West Virginia | #321 | 6 | 1 in 2,532 |
| Texas | #337 | 23 | 1 in 1,958 |
| Ohio | #349 | 11 | 1 in 4,362 |
| New York | #376 | 17 | 1 in 5,528 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Rena
- 274 spots since 2024 (#2,661 → #2,387)
- 479 spots since 2020 (#1,908 → #2,387)
- 325 spots since 2015 (#2,712 → #2,387)
- Biggest jump: 88 spots in 1980 (#693 → #605)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1990 (#978 → #1,124)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #153 (148 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 126 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 110 yrs · run 1880–1989
- Highest: 1 in 899 girls born in 1885 were named Rena (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 12.1% of all girls named Rena (4,737) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,219 | #153 (1885) | #168 |
| 1890s | 1,945 | #174 (1890) | #190 |
| 1900s | 2,117 | #192 (1902) | #216 |
| 1910s | 4,174 | #241 (1910) | #260 |
| 1920s | 4,737 | #283 (1921) | #304 |
| 1930s | 3,365 | #331 (1937) | #348 |
| 1940s | 3,577 | #365 (1943) | #389 |
| 1950s | 4,430 | #403 (1955) | #420 |
| 1960s | 4,719 | #400 (1962) | #447 |
| 1970s | 2,917 | #496 (1970) | #588 |
| 1980s | 2,313 | #596 (1982) | #772 |
| 1990s | 1,267 | #1,124 (1990) | #1,355 |
| 2000s | 1,105 | #1,438 (2001) | #1,790 |
| 2010s | 752 | #1,992 (2010) | #2,454 |
| 2020s | 487 | #1,908 (2020) | #2,297 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rena in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 1,823 of them was named Rena, which outranked 95.1% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 178,016 of them was named Rena, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 638 names at #3,897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.