Chimamanda — #4449 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Chimamanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 513 babies named Chimamanda between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chimamanda currently holds the #4449 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chimamanda performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 344 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chimamanda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 148 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Chimamanda in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chimamanda 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 513 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.