Baby name

Nena

Girl

Classic name

Nena peaked in 1963, when 1 baby in 35,343 was given the name. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 143 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

4,896births since 1880

1960sgeneration

No. 1008rank at its peak, in 1963

Where babies named Nena are born

1963

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The darker the blue, the more common Nena is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Nena is most common in Texas (3.3 times) and California (2.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Lena 146,479
Nina 133,788
Rena 39,124
Dena 32,479
Neva 21,220
Nona 16,708

Names from the same era

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