Rena Girl
How popular is Rena?
#2,387 girl name in 2025
75 baby girls were named Rena in the US in 2025, making it the 2387th most popular girl name.
Rena popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,387 for girls (▲ 274 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 75 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,712 in 2015, #1,908 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1962 (575 girls) |
| Highest rank | #153 in 1881 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rena family of names ranked #1,451 for girls in 2025 (#1,492 the year before), with 113 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rena is most popular
Babies named Rena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Rena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,219 | #153 |
| 1890s | 1,945 | #174 |
| 1900s | 2,117 | #192 |
| 1910s | 4,174 | #241 |
| 1920s | 4,737 | #283 |
| 1930s | 3,365 | #331 |
| 1940s | 3,577 | #365 |
| 1950s | 4,430 | #402 |
| 1960s | 4,719 | #400 |
| 1970s | 2,917 | #496 |
| 1980s | 2,313 | #596 |
| 1990s | 1,267 | #1,120 |
| 2000s | 1,105 | #1,437 |
| 2010s | 752 | #1,992 |
| 2020s | 487 | #1,908 |
Girl names about as popular as Rena
Questions
- Is Rena a boy or girl name?
- Rena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rena were girls.
- How popular is the name Rena?
- 75 baby girls were named Rena in the US in 2025, making it the 2387th most popular girl name.
- When was Rena most popular?
- Rena peaked in 1962, when 575 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #153, held for 2 years starting in 1881.
- How many people are named Rena?
- 39,247 babies have been named Rena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,810 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Rena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rena was most common in New Jersey, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.