Unisex name · since 1993
Ugonna
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 187 babies named Ugonna, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,381 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,940 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ugonna is the #7940 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 187 recorded since 1993.
Ugonna has 187 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7940 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #13,381 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,940 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 187 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ugonna ranks #13,381 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,940 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 187 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,381 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,940 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ugonna's 187 recorded births place it above 70.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ugonna compares
187 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Ugonna's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ugonna | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 187 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ugonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ugonna's full recorded timeline at 2010, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ugonna popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Ugonna popularity over time - girls
47 total births recorded since 1997 (Ugonna as girls' name)
Ugonna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (66 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Ugonna's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Ugonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 66 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ugonna's data
- Ugonna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (66 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ugonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Ugonna 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.