Nneka

Girl · recorded 1970–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1981best year

Most popular in 1981.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nneka.

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Its story

Popularity since 1970

0163119701983199520082020

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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 48 recorded years as a table
Nneka, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19703
197113
197229
197325
197421
197526
197624
197722
197825
197920
198028
198131
198215
198317
198412
198511
198613
198714
198817
198921
199026
199122
199229
199325
199425
199520
199616
199716
199816
199911
200010
20018
20029
200310
20048
20055
20065
20073
20087
20093
20107
20113
20124
20135
20143
20153
20163
20204

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nneka 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020
6
Rank in 2020
#13,453
How rare
1 in 269,424 girls
Since 1970
1,178

Nneka was last recorded in 2020. 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 1981, at 31 per million girls born.

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

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