Uchenna

maleStatistical record

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

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

Uchenna: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,020, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2020highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2005

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2005	#4798

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 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: #2020 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Uchenna appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 72 births with the name.

Uchenna across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Uchenna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#2020 (1996)	#3688 (2024)	15 of 29	72 (1996–2024)	9 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#3174 (1997)	#4798 (2005)	4 of 9	13 (1997–2005)	4 (1997)

Uchenna 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 Uchenna in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	24	6 of 10	4
2010s	19	4 of 10	5
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Uchenna 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: #2020 in England and Wales in 1996.

Uchenna'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	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 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,020, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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

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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.

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Gwydion · #2020, 15y
Jahsiah · #2020, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arfan · #2020, 22y
Bert · #2020, 24y
Georges · #2020, 16y
Gwydion · #2020, 15y

Uchenna 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 Uchenna without appearing here.

Uchenna moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Espen Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4107.
Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3300 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3079 and #4810.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Uchenna

Tadhg Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1002.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2538 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #1440.
Hunter Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1425.
Fredrik Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1248.

Moved the opposite way to Uchenna

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Uchenna went from #2020 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Uchenna went from #2020 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Uchenna went from #2020 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Uchenna went from #2020 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Uchenna

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Uchenna went from #2020 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Uchenna went from #2020 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Uchenna went from #2020 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Uchenna went from #2020 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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: #2020 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Uchenna

Uchenna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Uchenna across 2 official records

Uchenna by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Uchenna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Uchenna and the names beside it

Uchenna moved ahead of

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Uchenna at a glance

Uchenna across 2 official records

Uchenna by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Uchenna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Uchenna and the names beside it

Uchenna moved ahead of

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