Chioma
- #6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 40 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 998since 1972
Chioma over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Chioma has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 |
| 2004 | #4,492 | 30 |
| 2003 | #3,869 | 35 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
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| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five girls were named Chioma! It came in at #7,292, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Chioma is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Chioma in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 317 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #6,325)
- 1,011 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #6,325)
- 396 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #6,325)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1997 at #2,977 (40 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 43,518
- Highest: 1 in 43,518 girls born in 1997 were named Chioma (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 27.8% of all girls named Chioma (277) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 33 | #5,751 (1979) | #6,746 |
| 1980s | 139 | #3,780 (1982) | #5,589 |
| 1990s | 234 | #2,977 (1997) | #4,703 |
| 2000s | 277 | #3,869 (2003) | #4,859 |
| 2010s | 196 | #5,625 (2014) | #6,363 |
| 2020s | 119 | #5,314 (2020) | #6,017 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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