Chigozie — boys' name
143 babies named Chigozie in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
143 boys have been named Chigozie since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 143
- total births
- 1994–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Chigozie was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Chigozie in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chigozie
The Social Security Administration has registered 143 babies named Chigozie between 1994 and 2019, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chigozie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chigozie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chigozie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chigozie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 143 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chigozie at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chigozie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1994
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
143 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 12 births in a single year.
Chigozie popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1999 (Chigozie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Chigozie accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chigozie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 76 births that decade — 53% of Chigozie's all-time total
Chigozie decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chigozie's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.