Ugonna
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-GON-nah
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Ugonna is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “father's pride”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Ugonna mean?
Igbo: Igbo, from ugo 'eagle, glory' + nna 'father'
“father's pride”
Ugo, 'eagle', is an Igbo symbol of glory and dignity.
Is Ugonna a girl's or a boy's name?
Ugonna is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ugonna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 243% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Ugonna, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ugonna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Ugonna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Ugonna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Ugonna, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Ugonna in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ugonna in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Nicknames for Ugonna
- Ugo 3 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ugonna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chukwuebuka, Chidera, Chidubem, Tobechukwu, Ifeoluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Enioluwa, Obi, Obaloluwa, Inioluwa, Kenechukwu, Obinna
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Ifechukwu, 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, “Ugonna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ugonna, updated 20 October 2026.