Chidera

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Chidera: Recorded since 1999, it reached #506 in 2004, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#506highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#2802
2005	#2970
2006	#3116
2007	#3667
2008	#2487
2009	#2759
2010	#1815
2011	#1903
2012	#2215
2013	#2176
2014	#2464
2015	#3252
2016	#2367
2017	#3583
2018	#2674
2019	#3151
2020	#3117
2021	#2711
2023	#2201
2024	#2253

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2005: #689 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2970 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · 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 recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Chidera appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 194 births with the name.

Chidera across 3 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.

Chidera'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 · Girls	#3900 (1999)	#1815 (2010)	#2253 (2024)	23 of 26	194 (1999–2024)	15 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#3225 (2002)	#2052 (2017)	#3688 (2024)	18 of 23	106 (2002–2024)	11 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#620 (2002)	#511 (2004)	#689 (2005)	3 of 4	11 (2002–2005)	5 (2004)

Chidera 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 Chidera 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	48	8 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	103	10 of 10	10
2020s	40	4 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Chidera 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: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Chidera'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	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	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 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #506, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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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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.

Ahad · #506, 29y
Boluwatife · #506, 25y
Danish · #506, 29y
Ely · #506, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ahad · #506, 29y
Boluwatife · #506, 25y
Chesney · #506, 13y
Danish · #506, 29y

Chidera was ranked #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2004. 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.

Chidera 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 Chidera without appearing here.

Chidera moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1815 and #5707.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Chidera

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2201.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1939.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2502.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2176 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Chidera

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidera went from #3900 to #2253 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidera went from #3900 to #2253 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidera went from #3900 to #2253 while Aisling went from #410 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidera went from #3900 to #2253 while Alex went from #204 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Chidera

Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidera went from #3900 to #2253 and Ada from #2189 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidera went from #3900 to #2253 and Alma from #3225 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidera went from #3900 to #2253 and Alyssa from #483 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidera went from #3900 to #2253 and Amalie from #2770 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 2024. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chidera

Chidera at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chidera across 3 official records

Chidera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chidera appears in

Popularity data

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Chidera at a glance

Chidera across 3 official records

Chidera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Chidera appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Chidera and the names beside it

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