Uchenna

Popularity Trends

The name Uchenna is the #7,121 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 618 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,158 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 428 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,526 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 190 births since 1973.

Uchenna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 1977 for boys). Birth data for Uchenna is available in 48 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 29 years for girls). 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.

The name Uchenna has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Uchenna were boys. Interestingly, until around 1979, the name was more popular for girls (61.5% girls from 1973 to 1978), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (70.6% boys from 1979 to 2023).

For boys, Uchenna reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #741) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Uchenna ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 36.5% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Uchenna reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #788) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.

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

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Key Statistics

Total Births

190

Peak Births

Peak Year

1982

First Recorded

1973

Peak Percentile

0.6%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#788

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Total Births

428

Peak Births

Peak Year

1989

First Recorded

1977

Peak Percentile

2.1%

Current Percentile

0.1%

Peak Rank

#741

Current Rank

#910

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Uchenna", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Uchenna.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Uchenna's popularity from 1970 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Uchenna at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Uchenna range from Thai at 93.3% correlation to Alissa at 90.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 91.4%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Brooke with 198.5K births (99% girls) and the least popular is Javar with 714 births (100% boys).

Uchenna's share of births peaked at 12 births per million in 2004 (5.5 for girls in 1982 and 9 for boys in 1989). It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (20% of peak) in 1991. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Uchenna had 3.3 births per million, 27% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Thai

1,413

93.27% (very strong)

Abby

61.2k

92.06% (very strong)

Keona

3,293

91.69% (very strong)

Rashaun

3,285

91.57% (very strong)

Brooke

198.5k

91.53% (very strong)

Keyona

2,900

91.39% (very strong)

Shayla

30.7k

91.05% (very strong)

Nicklaus

3,430

91.01% (very strong)

Javar

714

90.98% (very strong)

Abbey

17.5k

90.83% (very strong)

Yajaira

5,613

90.76% (very strong)

Alissa

38.4k

90.74% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Uchenna

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Uchenna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 88.2% confident that Uchenna is pronounced as ue-CHEH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yue-CHEH-nuh, at 11.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.

ue-CHEH-nuh

88.2%

yue-CHEH-nuh

11.8%

ue-CHEH-nuh (3 syllables)

88.2% confidence

UW0 CH EH1 N AH0

yue-CHEH-nuh (3 syllables)

11.8% confidence

Y UW0 CH EH1 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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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 UW0 CH 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.

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