Girls' name · since 1988
Chiamaka
Chiamaka has 641 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,322 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 641
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
641 babies have been named Chiamaka since 1988, making it today's #12322 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chiamaka has been recorded 641 times among girls since 1988, currently ranked #12322 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #10,090 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,322 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 641 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chiamaka ranks #10,090 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,322 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 641 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,322 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 641
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Chiamaka's 641 recorded births place it above 86.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Chiamaka compares
641 Top 40% higher than 60% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chiamaka's all-time total is 70% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chiamaka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 641 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chiamaka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chiamaka's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chiamaka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Chiamaka by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (248 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Chiamaka's strongest decade.
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Chiamaka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 94
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
229 births
- 2010s
2010s
248 births
- 2020s 64
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 248 births (39% of all-time use).
How Chiamaka compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chiamaka's total volume
Chiamaka by state
Where Chiamaka concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 75 | 11.7% |
| #2 | California | | 37 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 27 | 4.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 11 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.8% |
75 of 641 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Chiamaka's data
- Chiamaka's decade-level peak was the 2010s (248 total births); usage has since declined to 64 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Chiamakas (75 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chiamaka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chiamaka draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.