Given name & surname
Wren
“resembling a small songbird”
Wren is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling a small songbird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling a small songbird.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15,902
- 2,261 boys · 13,641 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 1,830 babies
- 2025
- 1,529
- #231 for girls · #1,090 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 13% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,331 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 231 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 102.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 198 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (79). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,906 as a first name in 2020; 10,727 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wren’s family of names
Wren has a related form in Wrenn. Wren has a related form in Wrena. Wren has a related form in Wrene.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Wren
- Wren SinclairAmerican professional wrestlerborn 1995
- Wren T. BrownAmerican actor and producerborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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