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Uchenna: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8 in 2025. Its best rank was #3,438 in 1989.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #3,438 in 1989; #9,636 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Uchenna in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#9,636 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1989, at #3,438.
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Uchenna: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8 boys in 2025. Peak: #3,438 in 1989 · most boys in one year: 19 (2004).
In 2025, 8 US boys were named Uchenna, making it the 9,636th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2,607 places from #12,243 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 6 boys named Uchenna in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #3,438, reached in 1989. The most boys given the name in a single year was 19, in 2004. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Uchenna in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #6,869, reached in 1982. The most girls given the name in a single year was 10, in 2000. For comparison, it was #18,918 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Uchenna in 50 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1973 with 5 babies. In all, 632 US babies have been given the name, 30% of them girls and 70% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 180 babies named Uchenna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 71 US boys were named Uchenna; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 10. In 2025 that was about 1 in 213,510 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 8 | #9,636 |
| 2024 | — | — | 6 | #12,243 |
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #12,133 |
| 2022 | — | — | 6 | #12,210 |
| 2021 | — | — | 6 | #12,038 |
| 2020 | — | — | 10 | #8,005 |
| 2019 | — | — | 6 | #12,032 |
| 2018 | — | — | 6 | #12,039 |
| 2017 | — | — | 8 | #9,624 |
| 2016 | — | — | 9 | #8,756 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,918 | — | — |
| 2014 | — | — | 7 | #10,634 |
| 2013 | 5 | #19,105 | — | — |
| 2012 | — | — | 5 | #14,096 |
| 2011 | — | — | 5 | #14,212 |
| 2010 | — | — | 6 | #12,115 |
| 2009 | 5 | #20,031 | 13 | #6,783 |
| 2008 | — | — | 14 | #6,374 |
| 2007 | 7 | #15,377 | 12 | #7,052 |
| 2006 | — | — | 12 | #6,883 |
| 2005 | 5 | #19,044 | 11 | #7,074 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,989 | 19 | #4,591 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,776 | 11 | #6,692 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,955 | 18 | #4,484 |
| 2001 | 6 | #15,257 | 8 | #8,291 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,840 | 11 | #6,291 |
| 1999 | 6 | #14,332 | 16 | #4,527 |
| 1998 | — | — | 8 | #7,515 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,772 | 14 | #4,654 |
| 1996 | 5 | #15,781 | 13 | #4,860 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,521 | 11 | #5,484 |
| 1994 | 8 | #10,530 | 9 | #6,334 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,740 | 11 | #5,339 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,682 | 12 | #4,849 |
| 1991 | — | — | 5 | #9,566 |
| 1990 | — | — | 14 | #4,158 |
| 1989 | 5 | #14,452 | 17 | #3,438 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,809 | 7 | #6,384 |
| 1987 | 6 | #11,251 | 7 | #6,058 |
| 1986 | 10 | #7,114 | 6 | #6,686 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,672 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,909 |
| 1983 | 8 | #8,014 | 9 | #4,477 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,869 | 7 | #5,594 |
| 1981 | 5 | #12,106 | 6 | #6,222 |
| 1980 | 7 | #9,060 | 10 | #4,120 |
| 1979 | 6 | #10,163 | 7 | #5,331 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,701 | 5 | #6,712 |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,257 | 5 | #6,810 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,733 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).