Nneka
Nneka is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199253 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1970
- 1,178people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,178 girls have been named Nneka in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 53 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 53 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1990s alone account for 31%.
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
Nneka was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Nneka
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kiapeak 1993
- Nikolepeak 1993
- Meshapeak 1980
- Rosiopeak 1981
- Shantellpeak 1987
- Shannahpeak 1978
- Tanishapeak 1982
- Nichollepeak 1994
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.