Kenechukwu

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kenechukwu: Recorded since 1999, it reached #348 in 2002, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#348highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201
2016	#5785

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 boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kenechukwu appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 137 births with the name.

Kenechukwu across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kenechukwu's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#1322 (2024)	#1322 (2024)	20 of 26	137 (1999–2024)	20 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#5201 (2007)	#5201 (2007)	#5785 (2016)	2 of 10	6 (2007–2016)	3 (2007)

Kenechukwu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Kenechukwu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	32	6 of 10	5
2010s	44	8 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Kenechukwu 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #348 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Kenechukwu'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	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 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #348, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 3 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.

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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Kendrick · #541, 22y
Kenji · #1534, 21y
Kenley · #1241, 16y

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.

Marsha · #348, 20y
Vihaan · #348, 20y
Adedamola · #347, 22y
Karena · #349, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aishah · #348, 29y
Broghan · #348, 12y
Emma-Jayne · #348, 11y
Enoch · #348, 29y

Kenechukwu was ranked #348 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. 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.

Kenechukwu 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 Kenechukwu without appearing here.

Kenechukwu moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #4107.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Kenechukwu

Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #2403.

Moved the opposite way to Kenechukwu

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenechukwu went from #2943 to #1322 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenechukwu went from #2943 to #1322 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenechukwu went from #2943 to #1322 while Alan went from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenechukwu went from #2943 to #1322 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Kenechukwu

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenechukwu went from #2943 to #1322 and Albie from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenechukwu went from #2943 to #1322 and Alfie from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenechukwu went from #2943 to #1322 and Alfred from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenechukwu went from #2943 to #1322 and Archie from #108 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 2024. Highest recorded position: #348 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kenechukwu

Kenechukwu at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kenechukwu across 2 official records

Kenechukwu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kenechukwu at a glance

Kenechukwu across 2 official records

Kenechukwu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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