Jidenna
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ji-DEN-a
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #650 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Jidenna is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “hold on to the father”. In 2025 it ranked 650th for boys in the UK (63 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Jidenna mean?
Igbo
“hold on to the father”
From Igbo jide, hold, and nna, father, often understood as God the Father.
Is Jidenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Jidenna is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jidenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 650th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63 about 1 in 4,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 319% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the UK were named Jidenna, making it the 650th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 69 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jidenna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 627th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Jidenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #650 |
| 2024 | 69 | #612 |
| 2023 | 44 | #816 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
How popular is Jidenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,088th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Jidenna, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 2015.
Half of all the boys named Jidenna in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jidenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 52 | #2,524 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
Names like Jidenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cillian, Cassian, Eesa, Luca, Munachimso, Ezra, Musa, Lochlan, Koda, Chidera, Nikodem, Finn
Names related to Jidenna
More Igbo names
Amara, Chimamanda, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna, Chiziterem, Naetochukwu
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jidenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jidenna, updated 20 October 2026.