Nene
Girl · NEH-neh
Nene is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Nene mean?
Used in several languages, including Japanese
Lady Nene was the wife of the Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi; in Hawaii, the nēnē goose is the state bird.
- Say it
- NEH-neh
Is Nene a girl's or a boy's name?
Nene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Nene, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Nene in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Nene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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