Ren
Pronounced R EH1 N (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2023
- 110 years in use
- 4 spellings
How popular is Ren?
Ren is a boys' name, and first appears in 1915. It has been given to 5,125 children — the 1,516th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2023, when 451 children were given it.
Four other spellings are counted in that total — Wren, Renn, Renne and one more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Ren and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Wren
- Renn
- Renne
- Wrenn
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R EH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ren
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ren
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ren?
- Ren ranks 1,516th among boys' names in US records, with 5,125 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,029.
- Is Ren a unisex name?
- No. Ren is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Ren most popular?
- 2023, when 451 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Ren spelled?
- Wren, Renn, Renne, Wrenn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.