Nena · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nena.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 143 recorded years as a table

Nena, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	88
1881	65
1882	83
1883	45
1884	62
1886	69
1887	55
1888	73
1889	34
1890	26
1891	43
1892	61
1893	70
1894	58
1895	51
1896	55
1897	38
1898	27
1899	56
1900	53
1901	33
1902	23
1903	42
1904	44
1905	27
1906	24
1907	28
1908	39
1909	20
1910	23
1911	26
1912	34
1913	38
1914	25
1915	32
1916	19
1917	27
1918	23
1919	26
1920	21
1921	25
1922	33
1923	27
1924	24
1925	21
1926	22
1927	22
1928	26
1929	23
1930	19
1931	20
1932	29
1933	18
1934	23
1935	14
1936	22
1937	19
1938	17
1939	29
1940	17
1941	22
1942	21
1943	22
1944	20
1945	21
1946	22
1947	28
1948	21
1949	16
1950	27
1951	41
1952	35
1953	36
1954	54
1955	49
1956	42
1957	51
1958	47
1959	45
1960	42
1961	36
1962	49
1963	58
1964	47
1965	49
1966	38
1967	35
1968	37
1969	33
1970	27
1971	29
1972	31
1973	42
1974	29
1975	35
1976	37
1977	19
1978	20
1979	30
1980	64
1981	44
1982	42
1983	27
1984	64
1985	30
1986	31
1987	27
1988	25
1989	21
1990	18
1991	18
1992	18
1993	17
1994	18
1995	18
1996	21
1997	20
1998	15
1999	17
2000	18
2001	17
2002	21
2003	13
2004	22
2005	20
2006	14
2007	19
2008	14
2009	14
2010	15
2011	13
2012	13
2013	13
2014	10
2015	7
2016	11
2017	11
2018	8
2019	8
2021	5
2022	7
2023	7
2024	7

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nena isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024: 11
Rank in 2024: #8,946
How rare: 1 in 147,290 girls
Since 1880: 4,896

Nena was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1880, at 88 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nena doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.