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Chukwuemeka

#9,069 in 2025Boys' name

God did a greater deed

Chukwuemeka has been given to 683 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #9,069 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Chukwuemeka, 2025

1 in 414,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chukwuemeka: meaning, origin, and history

God did a greater deed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chukwuemeka means

Chukwuemeka means “God did a greater deed”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 683 boys were recorded with the name Chukwuemeka between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 2003; its best national rank was #2,858 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,193 in 2020 to #9,069 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,422 in 2015 to #9,069 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 Chukwuemeka?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,069
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Chukwuemeka 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chukwuemeka. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chukwuemekas were born

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

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
26.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
54.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
683
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Choose a decade

2000s — 26.5% of all recorded uses (181).

Is Chukwuemeka 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
−628
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−876
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,647
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.36×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
30.8%
Peak was 2003 (26)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,858
1982

Where Chukwuemeka is used

Across 1910–2025, Chukwuemeka was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 871,861 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New Jersey1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Chukwuemeka has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Chukwuemeka around the world

Where Chukwuemeka 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
    1996–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2001–2003
    #423
    in 2003
  • South Australia
    2012–2013
    #754
    in 2013

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

Chukwuemeka by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,069
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 876
Best rank ever
#2,858
1982
Peak year
2003
26 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
683
Count in 2025
8

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