Uchenna — #11211 US boys' name
434 babies named Uchenna in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Uchenna was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Uchenna in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Uchenna
The Social Security Administration has registered 434 babies named Uchenna between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Uchenna currently holds the #11211 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Uchenna is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 190 additional births since 1973.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Uchenna performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Uchenna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Uchenna in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Uchenna 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 434 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.
Uchenna at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Uchenna popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2004)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #11211 among boys.
434 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 19 births in a single year.
Uchenna popularity over time — girls
190 total births recorded since 1973 (Uchenna as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Uchenna accounts for 30% of total recorded use across both genders.
Uchenna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 129 births that decade — 30% of Uchenna's all-time total
Uchenna decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Uchenna's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Uchenna by state
Where Uchenna concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.