Wren
Small, songbird · English origin
Meaning & origin
Wren is a female name of English origin, meaning “Small, songbird”.
How popular is Wren?
In England & Wales, Wren ranked #128 among girls' names in 2024, with 377 babies given the name — up from #483 in 2014. That is its best showing in the England & Wales series, which begins in 1996. Wren first appears in the England & Wales data in 1999.
In the United States, Wren was the #360 girls' name in the 2020 data — its best showing in the US series, which samples one year per decade from 1880. It first charted in the US series in 1960.
| Year | E&W rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | #2,676 | 8 |
| 2010 | #2,838 | 9 |
| 2015 | #401 | 115 |
| 2020 | #218 | 219 |
| 2024 | #128 | 377 |