Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nkenge

#22,970 most common girls' name of all time · #37,387 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–1998

Rank among girls
#22,970
Rank overall
#37,387 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
122
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1971 #2,873
Best rank
#2,873 1971
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
1980

Nkenge first appears in 1971. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1998 5 — 5 #14,739
1996 5 — 5 #14,185
1995 5 — 5 #14,033
1992 5 — 5 #14,023
1984 5 — 5 #11,200
1980 5 — 5 #11,241
1978 6 — 6 #9,214
1977 6 — 6 #9,142
1975 12 — 12 #5,111
1974 13 — 13 #4,694
1973 6 — 6 #8,152
1972 24 — 24 #2,899
1971 25 — 25 #2,873