Nena

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,946

Peak · girls
#628
1880 · 8 births
Debut · girls
1880
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,896
since 1880

Nena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Nena has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #628, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#8,94611
2023#8,48612
2022#8,54212
2021#10,2929
2020—
2019#7,71614
2018#7,76214
2017#6,28719
2016#6,18620
2015#8,93112
2014#6,98717
2013#5,64423
2012#5,71023
2011#5,93522
2010#5,10827
2009#5,53725
2008#5,43426
2007#4,13137
2006#5,08627
2005#3,87637
2004#3,63140
2003#5,23523
2002#3,52338
2001#4,02531
2000#3,88632
1999#3,89530
1998#4,14227
1997#3,36534
1996#3,23736
1995#3,49231
1994#3,44832
1993#3,58530
1992#3,34333
1991#3,20734
1990#3,15635
1989#2,81039
1988#2,41945
1987#2,27647
1986#2,02553
1985#2,04852
1984#1,205108
1983#2,15645
1982#1,62171
1981#1,58074
1980#1,238106
1979#2,08848
1978#2,68031
1977#2,78029
1976#1,74754
1975#1,80751
1974#1,99942
1973#1,52761
1972#1,80447
1971#1,82848
1970#1,85947
1969#1,59156
1968#1,45960
1967#1,47857
1966#1,35165
1965#1,14586
1964#1,16789
1963#1,008112
1962#1,11096
1961#1,30572
1960#1,18185
1959#1,11891
1958#1,07595
1957#1,026104
1956#1,11685
1955#1,02696
1954#945104
1953#1,17268
1952#1,17865
1951#1,09073
1950#1,35246
1949#1,80728
1948#1,54836
1947#1,29050
1946#1,50834
1945#1,58827
1944#1,57827
1943#1,49231
1942#1,53329
1941#1,53826
1940#1,79220
1939#1,30832
1938#1,80519
1937#1,73520
1936#1,54923
1935#2,09515
1934#1,51824
1933#1,83518
1932#1,32031
1931#1,68621
1930#1,74821
1929#1,52626
1928#1,42530
1927#1,61926
1926#1,62326
1925#1,70025
1924#1,53330
1923#1,38833
1922#1,23240
1921#1,47631
1920#1,66625
1919#1,44529
1918#1,53727
1917#1,37729
1916#1,73920
1915#1,25831
1914#1,48019
1913#1,12024
1912#1,21819
1911#1,45011
1910#1,6349
1909#1,7637
1908#1,13513
1907#1,3849
1906#1,5537
1905#1,4208
1904#1,05012
1903#1,07611
1902#1,5946
1901#1,2278
1900#94116
1899#90613
1898#1,3797
1897#1,0949
1896#90313
1895#93212
1894#85013
1893#76715
1892#83013
1891#1,0068
1890#1,3385
1889#1,1476
1888#72413
1887#8608
1886#73110
1885—
1884#7938
1883#9205
1882#6349
1881#7406
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Nena was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Nena
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 473 spots in 1899 (#1,379 → #906)
  • Biggest drop: 423 spots in 1889 (#724 → #1,147)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #628 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1880–1884
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,374
  • Highest: 1 in 11,374 girls born in 1880 were named Nena (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 147,290 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 16.9% of all girls named Nena (827) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s73#628 (1880)#797
1890s108#767 (1893)#1,001
1900s97#941 (1900)#1,314
1910s218#1,120 (1913)#1,426
1920s292#1,232 (1922)#1,519
1930s224#1,308 (1939)#1,660
1940s308#1,290 (1947)#1,567
1950s827#945 (1954)#1,110
1960s778#1,008 (1963)#1,280
1970s458#1,527 (1973)#2,012
1980s640#1,205 (1984)#1,938
1990s322#3,156 (1990)#3,487
2000s316#3,523 (2002)#4,436
2010s191#5,108 (2010)#6,627
2020s44#8,486 (2023)#9,067

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Nena in 1959

girls
#1,118
91 births · 1 in 22,236 girls

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #1,118Nena91
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 22,236 of them was named Nena, which outranked 84.5% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Nena
  1. #1,110Val93
  2. #1,116Elida92
  3. #1,116Joseph92
  4. #1,118Nena91
  5. #1,118Carin91
  6. #1,118Corina91
  7. #1,118Elvia91
  8. #1,126Coral90
  9. #1,126Evette90
  10. #1,126Margery90

Tied with 7 names at #1,118; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959 →