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Uchenna

#9,632 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Wisdom of the father, sense of the father

Uchenna has been given to 632 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #9,632 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% boys, 30% girls all-time.

Babies named Uchenna, 2025

1 in 414,000

Uchenna over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Uchenna over time

In 2025, Uchenna went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19732025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Uchenna: meaning, origin, and history

Wisdom of the father, sense of the father

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Uchenna means

Uchenna means “wisdom of the father, sense of the father”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 442 boys were recorded with the name Uchenna between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2004; its best national rank was #3,432 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,000 in 2020 to #9,632 in 2025.

In the United States, 190 girls were recorded with the name Uchenna between 1973 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1982; its best national rank was #6,867 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Uchenna?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,632
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Uchenna sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Uchenna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Uchennas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Uchenna was born before 2000 — so the typical Uchenna is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
29.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
442
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2000s — 29.2% of all recorded uses (129).

Is Uchenna rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,606
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,632
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
42.1%
Peak was 2004 (19)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,432
1989

Where Uchenna is used

Across 1910–2025, Uchenna was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,746,002 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Uchenna has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Uchenna around the world

Where Uchenna ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Uchenna by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,632
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,632
Best rank ever
#3,432
1989
Peak year
2004
19 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
442
Count in 2025
8

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,867
1982
Peak year
1982
10 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
190
Count in 2025
Under 5

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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