Nena
Nena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 662nd, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1963112 births
- Best rank
- #662in 1882
- Since 1880
- 4,895people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,895 girls have been named Nena in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 112 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | |
| 1890s | 108 | |
| 1900s | 97 | |
| 1910s | 218 | |
| 1920s | 292 | |
| 1930s | 224 | |
| 1940s | 308 | |
| 1950s | 827 | |
| 1960s | 778 | |
| 1970s | 458 | |
| 1980s | 640 | |
| 1990s | 322 | |
| 2000s | 316 | |
| 2010s | 191 | |
| 2020s | 43 |
In 1963, its biggest year
Nena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1963 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Nena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kathrinepeak 1956
- Laurapeak 1964
- Elizabethpeak 1990
- Malindapeak 1969
- Lucindapeak 1957
- Susannapeak 1958
- Cathrinepeak 1956
- Lorapeak 1963
Other spellings in the data
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.