Girls' name · peaked in 1885
Rena name popularity since 1925
27,218 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rena. Half of them were born in 1960 or earlier, so the typical Rena is about 66 years old in 2026. Rena peaked in 1885 as the #153 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,218
- Named Rena, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1885
- #153 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,402 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 27,100 girls · 118 boys
- Most popular in
- Maine
- 3.41× its national share
Peak year is the year Rena made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Rena births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1962. Measured as a share of all babies, Rena peaked earlier, in 1885.
- Steepest fall: Between 1989 and 1994, Rena's share of baby girls fell by 41%, from 1 in 10,400 to 1 in 17,700.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Rena's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rena.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rena in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 2,168 | 15 | – |
| 1930s | 3,365 | 15 | #339 |
| 1940s | 3,577 | 13 | #391 |
| 1950s | 4,430 | 25 | #403 |
| 1960s | 4,719 | 22 | #454 |
| 1970s | 2,917 | 12 | #577 |
| 1980s | 2,313 | 10 | #843 |
| 1990s | 1,267 | 6 | #1,425 |
| 2000s | 1,105 | 0 | #1,815 |
| 2010s | 752 | 0 | #2,732 |
| 2020–25 | 487 | 0 | #2,402 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
31.9% of babies named Rena from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Rena is most popular
The index compares Rena's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Rena.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maine | 3.41× | 330 |
| Mississippi | 2.19× | 601 |
| Louisiana | 2.13× | 864 |
| South Carolina | 2.03× | 642 |
| Kentucky | 1.66× | 628 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Rena and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Rena (this page) | 27,100 | 1885 |
| Renna | 1,389 | 1884 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rena's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rena.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rena (1885).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data