Chinedu — #7912 US boys' name
442 babies named Chinedu in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Chinedu was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Chinedu in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chinedu
The Social Security Administration has registered 442 babies named Chinedu between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chinedu currently holds the #7912 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chinedu performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chinedu shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chinedu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chinedu 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 442 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.
Chinedu at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Chinedu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (1987)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #7912 among boys.
442 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 17 births in a single year.
Chinedu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 117 births that decade — 26% of Chinedu's all-time total
Chinedu decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chinedu's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Chinedu by state
Where Chinedu concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 2.5% |
11 of 442 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1982–2024 (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.