Wren
Wren stands at #231 nationally in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. The records carry it back to 1888, but its real era is now, 13,641 American children have carried it so far.
Wren’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Wren, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Wren since 1888
Wren peaked in 2022 at #184; #231 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Wren is most common
The state that gives Wren most often, per girls born there, is Montana (0.64% in 2025); Alaska and Idaho are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Wren
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Wyatt
#38 in 2025
Noa
#226 in 2025 · Hebrew
Zayn
#253 in 2025
Finn
#206 in 2025 · Celtic
Lia
#200 in 2025 · Hebrew
Knox
#196 in 2025
Kaia
#193 in 2025
Rhett
#188 in 2025
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About Wren
Where does Wren rank right now?
Wren stands at #231 nationally in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. The full curve since 1888 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does Wren mean?
There is no citable gloss for Wren in our public-domain source. We show the chart, the related names and the kit, and leave the etymology to a reference you can check.
What names go with Wren?
Nearest by the published recipe: Wyatt, Noa and Zayn. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Wren’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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