Onyekachi

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Who is greater than God?

Onyekachi has been given to 108 babies in the U.S. since 1997. 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 2012, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Onyekachi, 2020

1 in 418,000

Onyekachi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Onyekachi over time

In 2020, Onyekachi went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19972020

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Onyekachi: meaning, origin, and history

Who is greater than God?

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Onyekachi means

Onyekachi means “who is greater than God?”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Onyekachi is used in Igbo.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 92 boys were recorded with the name Onyekachi between 1997 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2012; its best national rank was #7,343 in 1998.

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Onyekachi between 1997 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1997; its best national rank was #13,281 in 1997.

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 Onyekachi?

Onyekachi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 418,000; 8 of 3,342,313 births
Among boys only: 1 in 216,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 289,591 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Onyekachi 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 2020 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 289,591 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Onyekachi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Onyekachis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Onyekachi was born before 2012 — so the typical Onyekachi is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 52.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 92; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 52.2% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Onyekachi 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 2012 (10)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,343; 1998

Onyekachi around the world

Where Onyekachi 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
2002–2014
#3,895
in 2014
Ireland
2005–2005
#518
in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Central Statistics Office. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0.

Onyekachi 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: #7,343; 1998
Peak year: 2012; 10 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 92
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,281; 1997
Peak year: 1997; 6 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Onyekachi

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

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Sibling names for Onyekachi

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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