Chinelo

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Chinelo: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Chinelo: Recorded since 1999, it reached #894 in 2013, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#894highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2009	#4564
2012	#4838
2017	#5765
2018	#4684
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 9 of the 25 years from 1999 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3900 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Chinelo by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Chinelo in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	13	4 of 10	3
2010s	11	3 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Chinelo appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #894 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Chinelo's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2023, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #894, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 4 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,687position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
14 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
4births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Chinonso · #2194, 14y
Chinyere · #677, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Karlee · #894, 9y
Lilyann · #894, 15y
Meja · #894, 13y
Sreya · #894, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bailee · #894, 28y
Donte · #894, 29y
Elliemay · #894, 21y
Emily-May · #894, 25y

Chinelo was ranked #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Chinelo and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Chinelo without appearing here.

Chinelo moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4564 and #1752 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kari Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #894 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Chinelo

Chinelo at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chinelo by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chinelo appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Chinelo

Chinelo and the names beside it

Chinelo moved ahead of

Chinelo at a glance

Chinelo by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chinelo appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Chinelo

Chinelo and the names beside it

Chinelo moved ahead of