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.

Nneka

#6,323 most common girls' name of all time · #10,663 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1970–2020

Rank among girls
#6,323
Rank overall
#10,663 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,178
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1992 #2,450
Best rank
#1,919 1972
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
198020002020

Nneka first appears in 1970. 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
2020 6 — 6 #13,797
2016 5 — 5 #16,708
2015 5 — 5 #16,929
2014 5 — 5 #17,061
2013 8 — 8 #12,259
2012 7 — 7 #13,789
2011 6 — 6 #15,200
2010 12 — 12 #9,382
2009 6 — 6 #15,637
2008 14 — 14 #8,648
2007 6 — 6 #15,943
2006 10 — 10 #10,829
2005 10 — 10 #10,353
2004 15 — 15 #7,537
2003 19 — 19 #6,145
2002 17 — 17 #6,517
2001 14 — 14 #7,468
2000 19 — 19 #5,793
1999 19 — 19 #5,526
1998 28 — 28 #4,083
1997 27 — 27 #4,067
1996 28 — 28 #3,898
1995 35 — 35 #3,261
1994 45 — 45 #2,730
1993 46 — 46 #2,656
1992 53 — 53 #2,450
1991 41 — 41 #2,873
1990 49 — 49 #2,482
1989 38 — 38 #2,916
1988 31 — 31 #3,208
1987 24 — 24 #3,707
1986 22 — 22 #3,859
1985 19 — 19 #4,249
1984 20 — 20 #3,956
1983 29 — 29 #2,962
1982 26 — 26 #3,323
1981 51 — 51 #2,057
1980 46 — 46 #2,214
1979 32 — 32 #2,782
1978 39 — 39 #2,341
1977 34 — 34 #2,552
1976 35 — 35 #2,381
1975 38 — 38 #2,229
1974 31 — 31 #2,494
1973 36 — 36 #2,221
1972 44 — 44 #1,919
1971 22 — 22 #3,163
1970 6 — 6 #7,929