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Chibueze

#9,887 in 2025Boys' name

God is the king

Chibueze has been given to 179 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #9,887 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Chibueze, 2025

1 in 474,000

Chibueze over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chibueze: meaning, origin, and history

God is the king

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chibueze means

Chibueze means “God is the king”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 179 boys were recorded with the name Chibueze between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2007; its best national rank was #6,167 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,752 in 2020 to #9,887 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,888 in 2015 to #9,887 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Chibueze?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,887
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Chibueze sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chibueze. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chibuezes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chibueze was born before 2011 — so the typical Chibueze is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
36.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
179
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 36.9% of all recorded uses (66).

Is Chibueze rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−135
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−999
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.88×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.3%
Peak was 2007 (12)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,167
1997

Chibueze around the world

Where Chibueze ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2009–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Chibueze by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,887
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 135
Best rank ever
#6,167
1997
Peak year
2007
12 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
179
Count in 2025
7

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