Chukwudi — boys' name
198 babies named Chukwudi in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
198 boys have been named Chukwudi since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2023.
- 198
- total births
- 1982–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
36% of everyone ever named Chukwudi was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Chukwudi in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chukwudi
The Social Security Administration has registered 198 babies named Chukwudi between 1982 and 2023, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chukwudi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chukwudi performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chukwudi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chukwudi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chukwudi 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 198 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.
Chukwudi at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chukwudi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1982
- Peak year (2000)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
198 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 14 births in a single year.
Chukwudi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 71 births that decade — 36% of Chukwudi's all-time total
Chukwudi decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chukwudi's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Chukwudi by state
Where Chukwudi concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 198 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, 1982–2023 (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.