Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ren

Gender

Male

Origin

Japanese
Raven
English
Welsh
Ruler

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Nature

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ren

Pronunciation

ren

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #1038, 213 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #2154, 88 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2173, 85 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202521385
202418382
202319988
202218885
202118280
202013654
201910258
20188738
20179231
201611328

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #427, 93 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #1354, 24 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2006, 14 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20259314
20247824
20236314
20224419
20214916
20202613
20192813
20183717
2017186
20162310

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #4951, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #628, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
20244
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #404, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #495, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #749, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
20256–
20248–
202353
20223–
20213–
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #436, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
20218
2020–
2019–
20186
20175
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence