Nena — #9526 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nena

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,895 babies named Nena between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nena currently holds the #9526 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 112 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nena performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 827 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Nena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 345 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Nena in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,895 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.