first name
NENA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,608 people named Nena, 47.5% reported their origin as White, 17.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 17.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nena peaked in 1963, when 112 babies got the name.
At least 4,896 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Nena by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,478. The largest share of babies named Nena, 29.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Nena is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nena has been most common in Texas (3.1×), California (2.8×), and Alabama (1.9×), and least common in Michigan (0.97×).
1,216 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Nena
2 other first names also have 4,608 people.
Either side of Nena
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nena, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nena ranks #60,024 of 156,621, with 363 people. See Nena as a last name
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