Ikechukwu

#11,174 in 2025Boys' name

Power of God

Ikechukwu has been given to 528 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #11,174 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Ikechukwu, 2025

1 in 553,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ikechukwu: meaning, origin, and history

Power of God

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ikechukwu means

Ikechukwu means “power of God”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ikechukwu is used in Igbo.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 528 boys were recorded with the name Ikechukwu between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1997; its best national rank was #3,503 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,793 in 2020 to #11,174 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,462 in 2015 to #11,174 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.

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

How common is Ikechukwu?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #11,174; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ikechukwu 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ikechukwu. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ikechukwus were born

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

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 28.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 53.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 528; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 28.2% of all recorded uses (149).

Is Ikechukwu 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: +275; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,619; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,712; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.46×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 30.0%; Peak was 1997 (20)
Years since peak: 28; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,503; 1997

Where Ikechukwu is used

Across 1910–2025, Ikechukwu was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 828,966 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

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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. Ikechukwu has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ikechukwu around the world

Where Ikechukwu 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
#3,256
in 2025

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

Ikechukwu by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,174
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,619
Best rank ever: #3,503; 1997
Peak year: 1997; 20 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 528
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Ikechukwu

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

Sibling names for Ikechukwu

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

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For a brother

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