Boys' name · since 2006

Onyedikachi

Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 19 babies named Onyedikachi, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#29,468 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,964 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
19
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade

19 babies have been named Onyedikachi since 2006, making it today's #12964 boys' name.

Onyedikachi has 19 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12964 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.

  • #29,468 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,964 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 19 born since 2006
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onyedikachi ranks #29,468 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,964 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 19 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.

#29,468 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,964 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
19
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%6.9%
Onyedikachi vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Onyedikachi's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Onyedikachi compares

19 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Onyedikachi's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Onyedikachi Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 19 369 358,536
Peak-year births 8 34 22,252

Onyedikachi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Onyedikachi's full recorded timeline at 2015, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Onyedikachi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
8
Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
456789 200620152025 5

Onyedikachi by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (8 births, 42% of the file).

2010s was Onyedikachi's strongest decade.

8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Onyedikachi births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 8 births (42% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Onyedikachi?
19 babies have been named Onyedikachi since 2006. All-time, it sits at #29,468 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #12,964 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2015 with 8 births.
Where does Onyedikachi sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Onyedikachi ranks #29,468 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,964 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Onyedikachi most popular?
Onyedikachi was most popular in the 2010s decade with 8 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Onyedikachi been used?
The SSA has tracked Onyedikachi since 2006 -- 20 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Onyedikachi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Onyx, Onyxx, Onyekachi, Onyekachukwu. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Onyedikachi's data

  • Onyedikachi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (8 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Onyedikachi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2006–2025 (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 Onyedikachi 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.