Wren

Wren is the smallest bird with the loudest song, a brown flicker in the hedgerow whose voice fills a whole English winter. The name arrived on American birth certificates in the 2010s, part of a larger migration toward nature names that feel quiet and found rather than decorated. A single syllable, a clean W, a consonant-forward landing that still somehow sounds soft. It works for girls, boys, and everyone between, and has climbed into the top 250 on the strength of its sound alone. A name for a child with sharp eyes and small hands.