Ren

Boy · recorded 1915–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.5 to 1)

  • #1,038in 2025
  • 1 in 8,019boys in 2025
  • +232%last ten years
  • 4.1×in Utah

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 232% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

06312519151943197019982025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 82 recorded years as a table
Ren, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19156
19176
19196
19215
19226
192310
19305
19337
19376
19424
19436
19457
19464
19474
19486
19497
19504
19513
19523
19534
19554
19563
19574
19583
19597
19604
19615
19626
19634
19645
19653
19663
19693
19705
19723
19736
19773
19793
19803
19826
198412
198517
198612
198720
198821
198916
199012
199113
199215
199310
19949
19955
19967
19977
19989
199910
20009
200110
200210
200312
200410
200518
200612
200717
200821
200923
201029
201123
201230
201335
201437
201538
201660
201750
201848
201957
202079
2021104
2022108
2023116
2024106
2025125

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Utah 4.1×
  2. Washington 2.2×
  3. California 1.7×
  4. New York 0.9×
  5. Texas 0.9×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
213
Rank in 2025
#1,038
How rare
1 in 8,019 boys
Since 1915
2,818

Most popular in 2025, at 125 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 232% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Utah4.1×27
Washington2.2×25
California1.7×107
New York0.9×28
Texas0.9×54

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.