Ikenna
#5,822 most common boys' name of all time · #14,486 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1978–2025
Rank among boys
#5,822
Rank overall
#14,486 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
728
Since 2016
168
Peak year
2003 #3,493
Best rank
#2,972 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Ikenna first appears in 1978. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 2024 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,638 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #6,041 |
| 2022 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,298 |
| 2021 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,208 |
| 2020 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,114 |
| 2019 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,675 |
| 2018 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,002 |
| 2017 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,916 |
| 2016 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,428 |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,457 |
| 2014 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,440 |
| 2013 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,387 |
| 2012 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,900 |
| 2010 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,151 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,584 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,619 |
| 2007 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,727 |
| 2006 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,454 |
| 2005 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,139 |
| 2004 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2003 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,493 |
| 2002 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,868 |
| 2001 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,060 |
| 2000 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,320 |
| 1999 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,247 |
| 1998 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,551 |
| 1997 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,391 |
| 1996 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,091 |
| 1995 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,203 |
| 1994 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,445 |
| 1993 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,975 |
| 1992 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,064 |
| 1991 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,972 |
| 1990 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,366 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,500 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,404 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,648 |
| 1986 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,627 |
| 1984 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,264 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,528 |
| 1981 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,139 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,879 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,664 |