Somtochukwu — boys' name
128 babies named Somtochukwu in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Somtochukwu was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Somtochukwu in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Somtochukwu
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Somtochukwu between 1998 and 2023, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Somtochukwu currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Somtochukwu is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Somtochukwu performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Somtochukwu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Somtochukwu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Somtochukwu 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 128 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.
Somtochukwu at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Somtochukwu popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1998
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
128 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 14 births in a single year.
Somtochukwu popularity over time — girls
26 total births recorded since 2003 (Somtochukwu as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Somtochukwu accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Somtochukwu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 78 births that decade — 61% of Somtochukwu's all-time total
Somtochukwu decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Somtochukwu's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Somtochukwu by state
Where Somtochukwu concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 4.7% |
6 of 128 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.7% 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, 1998–2023 (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.