Nena
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,946
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,896since 1880
Nena over time
Rank among girls' names. Nena has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 |
| 2007 | #4,131 | 37 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 |
| 1988 | #2,419 | 45 |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 |
| 1986 | #2,025 | 53 |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 |
| 1984 | #1,205 | 108 |
| 1983 | #2,156 | 45 |
| 1982 | #1,621 | 71 |
| 1981 | #1,580 | 74 |
| 1980 | #1,238 | 106 |
| 1979 | #2,088 | 48 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 |
| 1975 | #1,807 | 51 |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 |
| 1973 | #1,527 | 61 |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1970 | #1,859 | 47 |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 |
| 1968 | #1,459 | 60 |
| 1967 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1966 | #1,351 | 65 |
| 1965 | #1,145 | 86 |
| 1964 | #1,167 | 89 |
| 1963 | #1,008 | 112 |
| 1962 | #1,110 | 96 |
| 1961 | #1,305 | 72 |
| 1960 | #1,181 | 85 |
| 1959 | #1,118 | 91 |
| 1958 | #1,075 | 95 |
| 1957 | #1,026 | 104 |
| 1956 | #1,116 | 85 |
| 1955 | #1,026 | 96 |
| 1954 | #945 | 104 |
| 1953 | #1,172 | 68 |
| 1952 | #1,178 | 65 |
| 1951 | #1,090 | 73 |
| 1950 | #1,352 | 46 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,290 | 50 |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,308 | 32 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,320 | 31 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1929 | #1,526 | 26 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,232 | 40 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
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.
Where Nena is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#335 · 1 in 2,269
- Tennessee#500 · 1 in 5,334
- Indiana#632 · 1 in 8,594
- North Carolina#635 · 1 in 8,360
- Illinois#939 · 1 in 15,215
Best ever in a state: #335 in Alabama, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #335 | 13 | 1 in 2,269 |
| Tennessee | #500 | 6 | 1 in 5,334 |
| Indiana | #632 | 5 | 1 in 8,594 |
| North Carolina | #635 | 5 | 1 in 8,360 |
| Illinois | #939 | 6 | 1 in 15,215 |
| Texas | #1,033 | 7 | 1 in 13,701 |
| California | #1,349 | 7 | 1 in 23,097 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nena
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #628 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1880–1884
- 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%)
- 16.9% of all girls named Nena (827) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #628 (1880) | #797 |
| 1890s | 108 | #767 (1893) | #1,001 |
| 1900s | 97 | #941 (1900) | #1,314 |
| 1910s | 218 | #1,120 (1913) | #1,426 |
| 1920s | 292 | #1,232 (1922) | #1,519 |
| 1930s | 224 | #1,308 (1939) | #1,660 |
| 1940s | 308 | #1,290 (1947) | #1,567 |
| 1950s | 827 | #945 (1954) | #1,110 |
| 1960s | 778 | #1,008 (1963) | #1,280 |
| 1970s | 458 | #1,527 (1973) | #2,012 |
| 1980s | 640 | #1,205 (1984) | #1,938 |
| 1990s | 322 | #3,156 (1990) | #3,487 |
| 2000s | 316 | #3,523 (2002) | #4,436 |
| 2010s | 191 | #5,108 (2010) | #6,627 |
| 2020s | 44 | #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 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 20,525 of them was named Nena, which outranked 84.8% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,135Sherryl87
- #1,135Tambra87
- #1,135Valentina87
- #1,145Nena86
- #1,145Alyce86
- #1,145Carie86
- #1,145Catalina86
- #1,156Bonny85
- #1,156Daneen85
- #1,156Earline85
Tied with 10 names at #1,145; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.