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Ren

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 22% girls / 78% boys

Ren first appears in the U.S. data in 1915 and has been recorded in 81 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 199 babies (rank #1,081 that year). In 2024 it was given to 183 boys (rank #1,145). The name has been rising over the last five years.

3,332

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

199

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1915	5	#4,288
1917	6	#3,892
1919	6	#4,073
1921	5	#4,844
1922	6	#4,223
1923	11	#2,739
1930	6	#3,922
1933	7	#3,222
1937	6	#3,459
1942	5	#3,947
1943	8	#2,921
1945	9	#2,542
1946	6	#3,458
1947	8	#3,051
1948	10	#2,575
1949	13	#2,202
1950	7	#3,260
1951	5	#4,138
1952	5	#4,151
1953	7	#3,366
1955	9	#2,928
1956	7	#3,470
1957	9	#2,982
1958	7	#3,507
1959	14	#2,277
1960	8	#3,280
1961	10	#2,862
1962	12	#2,478
1963	9	#3,008
1964	10	#2,805
1965	6	#3,844
1966	5	#4,402
1969	5	#4,887
1970	9	#3,467
1972	5	#5,574
1973	9	#3,633
1977	5	#6,645
1979	5	#6,850
1980	6	#6,076
1982	10	#4,175
1984	21	#2,422
1985	32	#1,863
1986	22	#2,488
1987	37	#1,788
1988	40	#1,763
1989	33	#2,140
1990	25	#2,681
1991	26	#2,669
1992	30	#2,447
1993	20	#3,343
1994	18	#3,718
1995	9	#6,306
1996	13	#4,827
1997	13	#4,896
1998	18	#3,976
1999	20	#3,808
2000	17	#4,524
2001	19	#4,258
2002	19	#4,294
2003	23	#3,822
2004	20	#4,379
2005	35	#3,001
2006	24	#4,077
2007	35	#3,232
2008	42	#2,870
2009	46	#2,693
2010	56	#2,315
2011	43	#2,784
2012	56	#2,317
2013	66	#2,060
2014	71	#2,014
2015	72	#2,014
2016	113	#1,509
2017	92	#1,713
2018	87	#1,773
2019	102	#1,618
2020	136	#1,322
2021	182	#1,123
2022	188	#1,128
2023	199	#1,081
2024	183	#1,145