Nena

girls:

4.9k births since 1880

#2430 (57th percentile)

overall:

4.9k births since 1880

#3902 (50th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nena".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
4,885
Peak Births
112
Peak Year
1963
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
13.9%
Current Percentile
0.7%
Peak Rank
#210
Current Rank
#940
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Nena

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Nena. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 35.9% confident that Nena is pronounced as NEH-nuh. The next most likely pronunciation is NEE-nuh, at 35.9% confidence.

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NEH-nuh (2 syllables)
35.9% confidence
N EH1 N AH0
NAY-nuh (2 syllables)
28.2% confidence
N EY1 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Nena. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Nena, please vote using the thumbs up button.

NAY-uh-nuh (3 syllables)
3 names 712 births
N EY1 AH0 N AH0
nee-uh-nuh (3 syllables)
2 names 406 births
N IY0 AH0 N AH0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like N EH1 N AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.