How Many People Are Named Nneka?
people named Nneka are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 299,548 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,178 babies named Nneka in Social Security records from 1970 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
53 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "my mother is supreme" in Igbo.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nneka in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nneka alive today is about 37 years old, and 75% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nneka first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 1992, to 53 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Nneka has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,913, in 1972.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,913 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,185 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nneka alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nneka were born in New York than in any other state: about 108 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nneka was given about 6.7 times as often in New York.
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