Girls' name · since 1975
Nnenna
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 297 babies named Nnenna, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,361 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 297
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
297 babies have been named Nnenna since 1975, making it today's #15361 girls' name.
Nnenna has 297 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15361 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #15,997 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,361 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 297 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nnenna ranks #15,997 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,361 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 297 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,997 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,361 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 297
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nnenna's 297 recorded births place it above 77.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nnenna compares
297 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nnenna's all-time total is 21% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nnenna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 297 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nnenna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nnenna's full recorded timeline at 1999, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nnenna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Nnenna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (90 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Nnenna's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Nnenna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 90 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Nnenna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nnenna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nnenna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.