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Wren

Pronounced /ɹɛn/

Rank in 2024
#213
Born in 2024
1,442
Peak year
2022 · #184
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:217 in 2024 (#1,020)

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,442 girls were named Wren, about 1 in every 1,119.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 1,607 babies, ranked #184.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1888.
  • 12,300 girls have been named Wren since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Wren per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 100 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 94 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 191 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,391 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,514 babies, 0.52 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Originally a nickname, from Middle English wrenne (“wren”). ==== Proper noun ==== Wren A surname transferred from the nickname. Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (rare) A male or female given name. ===== Derived terms =====

  • (rare) A male or female given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ɹɛn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Wren, CC BY-SA 4.0.