Chukwuemeka — #8460 US boys' name
675 babies named Chukwuemeka in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Chukwuemeka was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Chukwuemeka in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chukwuemeka
The Social Security Administration has registered 675 babies named Chukwuemeka between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chukwuemeka currently holds the #8460 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chukwuemeka performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chukwuemeka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Chukwuemeka in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chukwuemeka 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 675 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.
Chukwuemeka at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chukwuemeka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2003)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #8460 among boys.
675 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 26 births in a single year.
Chukwuemeka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 181 births that decade — 27% of Chukwuemeka's all-time total
Chukwuemeka decade highlights
- Peak decade 181 births
- Runner-up 161 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chukwuemeka's strongest decade
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Chukwuemeka by state
Where Chukwuemeka concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 35 | 5.2% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.7% |
35 of 675 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.2% of nationwide
- California 1.5% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.2% 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, 1974–2024 (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.