Wrenley
Wrenley was the 159th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,858 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 148th with 1,990 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,808 places. More babies were named Wrenley in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it REN-lee /ˈrɛnli/
- Rank in 2025
- #159 girls, up 735 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,858girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20241,990 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,069babies recorded
What does the name Wrenley mean?
Wrenley is a very recent American girl's name that joins Wren, the small songbird, with the popular -ley ending of names like Hadley and Everly. Neither Wiktionary nor Wikipedia has an entry for it. The wren part comes from the English bird name, Middle English wrenne, which also became a surname, but the full name is a modern blend chosen for its sound rather than an old name with its own meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. A 21st-century blend (Wren + -ley); no dictionary entry.
Related names: Wren, Wrenlee, Renley.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Wren', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Wren (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nicknames for Wrenley
The usual nicknames for Wrenley are Wren. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Wrenley in the last five years, 99 were named Wren.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wren · also for Wrenleigh | Modern | #231 | 7,161 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Wrenleys go by each one.
Wrenley popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 121 since 2017, 11 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #159 | 1,858 |
| 2020 | #894 | 297 |
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How popular is Wrenley, counting every spelling?
Wrenley is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #108 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #159 for Wrenley on its own. Together these spellings went to 2,952 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrenley | 1,858 | #159 | 7,256 |
| Wrenlee | 851 | #358 | 2,810 |
| Wrenly | 189 | #1,205 | 817 |
| Wrenlie | 23 | #5,546 | 96 |
| Wrenli | 13 | #8,332 | 51 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Wrenley?
1,858 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wrenley (0.52 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Wrenley born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 5 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wrenley.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Wrenley?
About 7,900 people born in the US named Wrenley are alive today, with a median age of 3; half are between 2 and 4. That makes Wrenley a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Wrenley by state
How common Wrenley was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (6.1×), Wyoming (6.0×), South Dakota (6.0×), North Dakota (5.1×), Montana (4.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Connecticut, New Jersey, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Wrenley: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wrenley, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Wrenley · Sibling names for Wrenley
Questions about the name Wrenley
How popular is the name Wrenley?
Wrenley was the 159th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,858 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 148th with 1,990 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,808 places. More babies were named Wrenley in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Wrenley a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Wrenley in the US.
Where is Wrenley most popular?
In 2021–2025, Wrenley was most common in West Virginia (5.42 per 1,000 girls), followed by Wyoming and South Dakota.