Uchenna**
#6,350 most common boys' name of all time · #15,845 across all names · 70% male / 30% female · used 1973–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,350
Rank overall
#15,845 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
632
Since 2016
71
Peak year
2004 #4,506
Best rank
#3,415 1989
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Uchenna first appears in 1973. 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 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,109 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,249 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,139 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,188 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,096 |
| 2020 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,669 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,097 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,072 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,051 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,330 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,917 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,697 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,723 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,105 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,552 |
| 2008 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,169 |
| 2007 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #6,781 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,613 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #6,788 |
| 2004 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #4,506 |
| 2003 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #6,419 |
| 2002 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #4,405 |
| 2001 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #7,788 |
| 2000 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #6,087 |
| 1999 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #4,437 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,105 |
| 1997 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #4,573 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #4,743 |
| 1995 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #5,308 |
| 1994 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #6,112 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #5,202 |
| 1992 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #4,736 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,804 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,095 |
| 1989 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #3,415 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,121 |
| 1987 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,843 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #6,412 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,586 |
| 1984 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,868 |
| 1983 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #4,414 |
| 1982 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #5,407 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #5,978 |
| 1980 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #4,064 |
| 1979 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,219 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #6,394 |
| 1977 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,508 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | — |