Chukwuma — boys' name
181 babies named Chukwuma in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
181 boys have been named Chukwuma since 1983, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 181
- total births
- 1983–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Chukwuma was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Chukwuma in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chukwuma
The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Chukwuma between 1983 and 2015, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chukwuma currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chukwuma performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chukwuma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chukwuma 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 181 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.
Chukwuma at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chukwuma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1983
- Peak year (1997)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
181 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 17 births in a single year.
Chukwuma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 70 births that decade — 39% of Chukwuma's all-time total
Chukwuma decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chukwuma's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1983–2015 (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.