boys:
692 births since 1978
#3895 (15th percentile)
overall:
692 births since 1978
#7047 (9th percentile)
The name Ikenna is the #7,047 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 692 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 8.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,895 (15.0% percentile) for all time with 692 births since 1978.
Ikenna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for boys in 1978). Birth data for Ikenna is available in 44 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ikenna reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #804) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ikenna ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 66.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ikenna".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ikenna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.8% confident that Ikenna is pronounced as ih-KEH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ee-KEH-nuh, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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