Meaning not yet researched.
Ren: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 213 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,041 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 71% of babies named Ren in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,041 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Ren: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 213 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,041 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 213 (2025).
In 2025, 213 US boys were named Ren, making it the 1,041st most common boys’ name of the year, up 108 places from #1,149 in 2024. That is 30 more than the 183 boys named Ren in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,041, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 213. For comparison, it was #2,014 in 2015 and #3,260 in 1950.
In 2025, 85 US girls were named Ren, making it the 2,190th most common girls’ name of the year, up 72 places from #2,262 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 83 girls named Ren in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,173, reached in 2023. That year also had the most girls given the name: 88. For comparison, it was #8,846 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ren in 83 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1915 with 5 babies. In all, 3,634 US babies have been given the name, 22% of them girls and 78% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 1,578 babies named Ren.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,496 US boys were named Ren; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 213. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,019 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ren ranked highest in Nevada in 2025, at #578 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rene (72,779 babies since 1880), Ron (36,432 babies since 1880), Wren (15,902 babies since 1880) and Ryan (991,747 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rreon are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rreon (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ren in the open dataset we use.
Ren is listed as a nickname for Lauren.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 5 | #578 | — |
| Washington | 11 | #631 | — |
| California | 44 | #641 | #1,358 |
| Utah | 6 | #684 | — |
| Arizona | 8 | #765 | — |
| Georgia | 9 | #972 | — |
| Michigan | 7 | #978 | — |
| New York | 11 | #1,099 | #1,447 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,113 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,205 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,215 | — |
| Texas | 17 | #1,244 | #2,657 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,429 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,432 | — |
| Florida | 5 | #2,035 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #2,190 | 213 | #1,041 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,262 | 183 | #1,149 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,173 | 199 | #1,083 |
| 2022 | 87 | #2,187 | 188 | #1,128 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,305 | 182 | #1,123 |
| 2020 | 54 | #3,003 | 136 | #1,323 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,884 | 102 | #1,620 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,907 | 87 | #1,773 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,559 | 93 | #1,703 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,959 | 113 | #1,510 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,846 | 72 | #2,014 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,979 | 71 | #2,014 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,945 | 66 | #2,062 |
| 2012 | 15 | #8,131 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 2011 | 22 | #6,103 | 43 | #2,785 |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,314 | 56 | #2,315 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,519 | 46 | #2,694 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,954 | 42 | #2,870 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,666 | 35 | #3,232 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,779 | 24 | #4,078 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,758 | 35 | #3,001 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,491 | 20 | #4,381 |
| 2003 | 6 | #15,341 | 23 | #3,822 |
| 2002 | — | — | 19 | #4,294 |
| 2001 | — | — | 19 | #4,259 |
| 2000 | — | — | 17 | #4,525 |
| 1999 | — | — | 20 | #3,808 |
| 1998 | — | — | 18 | #3,976 |
| 1997 | — | — | 13 | #4,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #15,301 | 13 | #4,827 |
| 1995 | — | — | 9 | #6,305 |
| 1994 | — | — | 18 | #3,719 |
| 1993 | 6 | #13,046 | 20 | #3,343 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,977 | 30 | #2,447 |
| 1991 | — | — | 26 | #2,669 |
| 1990 | — | — | 25 | #2,681 |
| 1989 | — | — | 33 | #2,139 |
| 1988 | — | — | 40 | #1,763 |
| 1987 | — | — | 37 | #1,788 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,544 | 22 | #2,488 |
| 1985 | — | — | 32 | #1,863 |
| 1984 | — | — | 21 | #2,422 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,572 | — | — |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #4,176 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #6,076 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #6,850 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #6,646 |
| 1973 | — | — | 9 | #3,633 |
| 1972 | — | — | 5 | #5,574 |
| 1970 | — | — | 9 | #3,467 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #4,886 |
| 1966 | — | — | 5 | #4,404 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,844 |
| 1964 | — | — | 10 | #2,806 |
| 1963 | — | — | 9 | #3,008 |
| 1962 | — | — | 12 | #2,479 |
| 1961 | — | — | 10 | #2,861 |
| 1960 | — | — | 8 | #3,280 |
| 1959 | — | — | 14 | #2,277 |
| 1958 | — | — | 7 | #3,507 |
| 1957 | — | — | 9 | #2,982 |
| 1956 | — | — | 7 | #3,471 |
| 1955 | — | — | 9 | #2,928 |
| 1953 | — | — | 7 | #3,366 |
| 1952 | — | — | 5 | #4,151 |
| 1951 | — | — | 5 | #4,138 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,260 |
| 1949 | — | — | 13 | #2,202 |
| 1948 | — | — | 10 | #2,575 |
| 1947 | — | — | 8 | #3,051 |
| 1946 | — | — | 6 | #3,459 |
| 1945 | — | — | 9 | #2,542 |
| 1943 | — | — | 8 | #2,921 |
| 1942 | — | — | 5 | #3,947 |
| 1937 | — | — | 6 | #3,459 |
| 1933 | — | — | 7 | #3,222 |
| 1930 | — | — | 6 | #3,922 |
| 1923 | — | — | 11 | #2,739 |
| 1922 | — | — | 6 | #4,223 |
| 1921 | — | — | 5 | #4,844 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #4,073 |
| 1917 | — | — | 6 | #3,892 |
| 1915 | — | — | 5 | #4,288 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).