Ren

boys’ name · 78%girls’ name · 22%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Ren is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 183 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1830.01% of boys
Peak year: 2023199 births
Best rank: —never in the top 1,000
Since 1915: 3,332people given the name

Babies named Ren, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

2,604 boys have been named Ren in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 199 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2020s alone account for 34%.

Ren is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (728), most of them born around 2023.

By decade

Decade	boys named Ren
1910s	17
1920s	22
1930s	19
1940s	59
1950s	70
1960s	65
1970s	33
1980s	201
1990s	192
2000s	280
2010s	758
2020s	888

In 2023, its biggest year

Ren was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Ren

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.