Menna is a distinctive choice, ranked #2254 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Menna in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2254
About the Name Menna
Menna is steadily gaining in popularity, up 46 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #816 in 1999, and it currently sits at #2254. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Menna is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Menna
Unlikely. With around 12 UK babies named Menna per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Menna in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Menna is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 46 places over the last five years to #2254 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Menna is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Menna include: Menna Nasser — Menna Nasser is an Egyptian professional squash player.; Gustavo Menna — Alberto Gustavo Menna is an Argentine politician.; Menna Fitzpatrick — Menna Fitzpatrick MBE is a British alpine skier..
Menna does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Mennas in the wild.
12
UK babies named Menna (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 46 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Menna
Likely around 1 other Menna in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Menna
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Alberto Gustavo Menna is an Argentine politician. A member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Menna has served as Vice Governor of Chubut Province since 2023, serving under Governor Ignacio Torres.
Menna Fitzpatrick MBE is a British alpine skier. She is visually impaired having only 5% vision and formerly skied with guide Jennifer Kehoe until 2021.
Stella Menna is an Italian former professional tennis player and an Italian food blogger known as UnaStellaInCucina. Menna, a right-handed player from Rome, featured in the junior draws at the 2005 Australian Open.
The ancient Egyptian official named Menna carried a number of titles associated with the agricultural estates of the temple of Karnak and the king. Information about Menna comes primarily from his richly decorated tomb (TT 69) in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd al-Qurna at Thebes.
Lisa Menna is a magician and activist. Called the most influential female magician of the 20th century by BBC World Service, she was a pioneer in a male-dominated profession.
Dame Menna Frances Rawlings16 September 1967) is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to France between August 2021 and July 2025. Previously British High Commissioner to Australia from 2015 to 2019, she then served as Director General of Economic and Global Issues at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2019 to 2020.