Chidiebere

Boys' name

God is merciful

Chidiebere has been given to 81 babies in the U.S. since 1991. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2003, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Chidiebere, 2022

1 in 677,000

Chidiebere over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chidiebere: meaning, origin, and history

God is merciful

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chidiebere means

Chidiebere means “God is merciful”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Chidiebere is used in Igbo.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 81 boys were recorded with the name Chidiebere between 1991 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2003; its best national rank was #7,413 in 1991.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Chidiebere?

Chidiebere had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Chidiebere 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 2022 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 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chidiebere. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chidieberes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chidiebere was born before 2003 — so the typical Chidiebere is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 48.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 79.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 81; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 48.1% of all recorded uses (39).

Is Chidiebere 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2003 (8)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,413; 1991

Chidiebere around the world

Where Chidiebere 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
2005–2025
#5,137
in 2025
South Australia
1996–1996
#540
in 1996

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.

Chidiebere by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,413; 1991
Peak year: 2003; 8 that year
First recorded: 1991
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 81
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Chidiebere

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Chidiebere

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shreya Anastacia Delanie Abigale Ashtyn Hailie Kayli Sydnee

For a brother

Alexandre Jair Keven Kadin Estevan Dallin Keon Zakary

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