Uchenna
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-CHEN-na
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Uchenna is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God's will”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Uchenna mean?
Igbo: from uche 'will' + nna 'father'
“God's will”
Nna, 'father', refers to God in names like this.
Is Uchenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Uchenna is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Uchenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 217% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Uchenna, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Uchenna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Uchenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Uchenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Uchenna, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had more boys named Uchenna than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Uchenna in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Uchenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Nicknames for Uchenna
- Uche
Names like Uchenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chukwuebuka Chidera Chidubem Obinna Araoluwa Enioluwa Tobechukwu Ifeoluwa Ifechukwu Kenechukwu Oluwatobiloba Inioluwa
More Igbo names
Amara Munachimso Chimamanda Jidenna Kamsiyochukwu Chizaram Amarachi Obi Mazi Adanna Adaeze Chisom Tobenna Chiziterem Naetochukwu Lotanna
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, “Uchenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/uchenna, updated 20 October 2026.