Girls' name · since 1971
Chinyere
585 babies named Chinyere in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 585
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chinyere is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 585 have been recorded since 1971.
Chinyere has 585 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2021.
- #10,711 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 585 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chinyere ranks #10,711 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 585 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,711 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 585
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chinyere's 585 recorded births place it above 85.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Chinyere's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chinyere's full recorded timeline at 1994, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chinyere popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2021
- Peak year (1992)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Chinyere by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (178 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Chinyere's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Chinyere births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
102 births
- 1980s
1980s
126 births
- 1990s
1990s
178 births
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s 58
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 178 births (30% of all-time use).
How Chinyere compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chinyere's total volume
Chinyere by state
Where Chinyere concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 1.9% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.9% |
11 of 585 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Chinyere's decade-level peak was the 1990s (178 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Chinyeres (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chinyere: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1971–2021 (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 Chinyere 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.