Ugochukwu — #11245 US boys' name
288 babies named Ugochukwu in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Ugochukwu was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Ugochukwu in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ugochukwu
The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Ugochukwu between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ugochukwu currently holds the #11245 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ugochukwu performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ugochukwu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. 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 Ugochukwu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ugochukwu 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 288 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.
Ugochukwu at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ugochukwu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #11245 among boys.
288 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 18 births in a single year.
Ugochukwu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 85 births that decade — 30% of Ugochukwu's all-time total
Ugochukwu decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ugochukwu's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Ugochukwu by state
Where Ugochukwu concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 288 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.7% 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, 1981–2024 (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.