Ikenna

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ikenna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ikenna: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,675, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1675highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#2022
1999	#1850
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2003	#2189
2004	#2578
2006	#4052
2007	#1756
2008	#2507
2009	#2318
2010	#2199
2011	#2892
2012	#3987
2013	#2660
2014	#2690
2015	#3004
2016	#2804
2017	#3449
2018	#3011
2019	#2728
2020	#1935
2021	#3451
2022	#2018
2023	#2813
2024	#1675

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ikenna by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ikenna in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	51	9 of 10	6
2010s	64	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	49	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ikenna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1675 in England and Wales in 2024.

Ikenna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,675, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,675position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lucianna · #1675, 24y
Meghna · #1675, 24y
Damari · #1673, 22y
Isaaq · #1673, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Lucianna · #1675, 24y
Meghna · #1675, 24y
Eldon · #1673, 21y
Isaaq · #1673, 25y

Ikenna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ikenna without appearing here.

Ikenna moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4789.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Ikenna

Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1935 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #1347.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2507 and #1294.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2199 and #1201.

Moved the same way as Ikenna

Isak Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ikenna went from #3036 to #1675 and Isak from #3036 to #1517.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ikenna went from #2020 to #3004 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ikenna went from #2020 to #3004 and Tayla from #1458 to #4747.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ikenna went from #4052 to #1675 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1675 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ikenna

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Popularity journey

Ikenna by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ikenna by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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