Thirty years of Wren
Wren in numbers
Wren has climbed from 3 girls in 1999 (its first published year) to 362 in 2025, close to its peak of 387 in 2023. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2020 and 2023, from 219 to 387.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Wrenn (6). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Wren.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-4%377 to 362
- 5 years+65%219 to 362
- 10 years+215%115 to 362
- 20 years+4,425%8 to 362
- Since 1999 (first published)×1213 to 362
- Total, 1996 to 20253,186girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 137 · ONS · 377 in 2024
Rank 164 · NRS · 38 in 2024
Rank 205 · NISRA · 8 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | =137 | 362 | -4% | 1 in 786 |
| 2024 | 128 | 377 | -3% | 1 in 768 |
| 2023 | =129 | 387 | +19% | 1 in 744 |
| 2022 | 150 | 326 | +17% | 1 in 905 |
| 2021 | 184 | 279 | +27% | 1 in 1,092 |
| 2020 | =217 | 219 | -7% | 1 in 1,367 |
| 2019 | 210 | 236 | +9% | 1 in 1,319 |
| 2018 | 233 | 216 | +10% | 1 in 1,479 |
| 2017 | 252 | 197 | +34% | 1 in 1,680 |
| 2016 | 334 | 147 | +28% | 1 in 2,308 |
| 2015 | =400 | 115 | +29% | 1 in 2,954 |
| 2014 | =481 | 89 | +13% | 1 in 3,803 |
| 2013 * | =528 | 79 | +68% | 1 in 4,323 |
| 2012 | =812 | 47 | +52% | 1 in 7,560 |
| 2011 | =1,096 | 31 | +244% | 1 in 11,385 |
| 2010 | =2,589 | 9 | -47% | 1 in 39,133 |
| 2009 | =1,596 | 17 | -6% | 1 in 20,241 |
| 2008 | =1,516 | 18 | +80% | 1 in 19,208 |
| 2007 | =2,233 | 10 | +233% | 1 in 33,550 |
| 2006 | =5,061 | 3 | -63% | 1 in 109,055 |
| 2005 | =2,438 | 8 | +100% | 1 in 39,402 |
| 2004 | =3,725 | 4 | +33% | 1 in 77,843 |
| 2003 | =4,373 | 3 | -25% | 1 in 101,009 |
| 2002 | =3,409 | 4 | 1 in 72,512 | |
| 2001 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2000 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1999 | =3,900 | 3 | 1 in 100,869 | |
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate