Given name

Nenah

Nenah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Nenah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nenah through the years

Babies since 1880
17
0 boys · 17 girls
Most popular year
2007
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20090.0
Nenah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2007–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

NenahNena

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Nenah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Nekiya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nyauna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kenah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Eyonna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nakiah

“one who is pure; chaste”

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Nevaya

12Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Nykira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ayunna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Nenah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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