Girls' name · since 1975
Chinwe
Chinwe has 148 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chinwe sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 148 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Chinwe recorded 148 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2013.
- #22,889 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 148 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chinwe ranks #22,889 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chinwe's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chinwe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chinwe's full recorded timeline at 1990, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chinwe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2013
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Chinwe by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Chinwe's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Chinwe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Chinwe's decade-level peak was the 1990s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chinwe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1975–2013 (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 Chinwe 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.