Chijioke

Boys' name

God holds a portion

Chijioke has been given to 123 babies in the U.S. since 1981. 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 2006, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Chijioke, 2018

1 in 586,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chijioke: meaning, origin, and history

God holds a portion

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chijioke means

Chijioke means “God holds a portion”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Chijioke is used in Igbo.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 123 boys were recorded with the name Chijioke between 1981 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2006; its best national rank was #5,011 in 1983.

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 Chijioke?

Chijioke had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 586,000; 6 of 3,516,853 births
Among boys only: 1 in 303,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 406,284 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Chijioke 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 2018 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 406,284 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chijioke. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chijiokes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chijioke was born before 2002 — so the typical Chijioke is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 29.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 78.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 123; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 29.3% of all recorded uses (36).

Is Chijioke 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 2006 (11)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,011; 1983

Chijioke around the world

Where Chijioke 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
2007–2024
#4,271
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Chijioke 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: #5,011; 1983
Peak year: 2006; 11 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 123
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Chijioke

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

Chioke Chinonso Chibueze Chikamso Chicago Chidubem Chibuike Chigozie Chinedum Chidozie Chiron Chimaobi Chistian Chinedu Chipper Chibuikem Chisom Chinmay Chilton Chiemeka Chidera Chike Chivas Chisum

Sibling names for Chijioke

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

Taniya Melia Jazmyne Jayna Nyasia Tayla Lanie Estefany

For a brother

Paulo Yair Lavon Tye Deshaun Oswaldo Nathen Britton

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