Girls' name · since 1995
Chinwendu
16 babies named Chinwendu in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chinwendu sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chinwendu has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2004.
- #48,496 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chinwendu ranks #48,496 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #48,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chinwendu's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chinwendu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chinwendu's full recorded timeline at 2000, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chinwendu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2004
- Peak year (2000)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Chinwendu by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Chinwendu's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Chinwendu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chinwendu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~9 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, 1995–2004 (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 Chinwendu 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.