Nnenna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- n-NEH-nah
- Origin
- Igbo
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Nnenna is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “father's mother”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Nnenna mean?
Igbo: from nne 'mother' and nna 'father'
“father's mother”
An Igbo name given to a girl seen as bringing back her paternal grandmother.
Is Nnenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Nnenna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nnenna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 5 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nnenna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nnenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
How popular is Nnenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Nnenna, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Nnenna in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nnenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Nnenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Keira Cassidy Brianna Caoimhe Aoibheann Sienna Eden Kianna Eowyn Teagan Eireann
More Igbo names
Amara Munachimso Chimamanda Jidenna Kamsiyochukwu Chizaram Amarachi Tobechukwu Obi Mazi Adanna Adaeze Chidera Chidubem Ifechukwu Chisom
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, “Nnenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nnenna, updated 20 October 2026.