Girls' name · since 1983
Oluchi
197 babies named Oluchi in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Oluchi sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 197 recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Oluchi recorded 197 times among girls since 1983, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2024.
- #19,986 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 197 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oluchi ranks #19,986 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 197 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Oluchi's 197 recorded births place it above 72.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Oluchi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Oluchi's full recorded timeline at 2006, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Oluchi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Oluchi by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (94 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Oluchi's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Oluchi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 94 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Oluchi's decade-level peak was the 2000s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Oluchi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1983–2024 (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 Oluchi 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.