Recorded 1980–2018 Girls' name Peak 1997 289 births

Ogechi — girls' name

289 babies named Ogechi in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s601990s822000s892010s58
2000s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Ogechi was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

15 babies were named Ogechi in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ogechi

The Social Security Administration has registered 289 babies named Ogechi between 1980 and 2018, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ogechi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ogechi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ogechi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Ogechi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ogechi 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 289 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.

Ogechi at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

289

Since 1980

39 years of records

Peak year

1997

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1980

Recorded for 39 years

Last year on file: 2018

Ogechi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1980

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1997)
15
Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
05101520 20182012200720021997199219861980 5

Ogechi by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
89 births that decade — 31% of Ogechi's all-time total
1980s601990s822000s892010s58

Ogechi by state

Where Ogechi concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ogechi
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 1.7%
Texas share of Ogechi's total US births 1.7%

5 of 289 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ogechi?
289 babies have been named Ogechi since 1980. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1997 with 15 births.
When was Ogechi most popular?
Ogechi was most popular in the 2000s decade with 89 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
Where is Ogechi most popular?
The top states for the name Ogechi are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Ogechi been used?
Ogechi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 39 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Ogechi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ogechukwu. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1980–2018 (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.