Chidinma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Chidinma: Recorded since 1996, it reached #862 in 2008, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#862highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3848
2005	#3382
2006	#1862
2007	#4294
2009	#3936
2010	#5707
2011	#2432
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2019	#3151
2020	#3899
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

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 18 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — 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 #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Chidinma 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 Chidinma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	26	4 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	42	9 of 10	5
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Chidinma 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #862 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Chidinma'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #862, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 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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Chidubem · #701, 22y
Chika · #3126, 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.

Amia · #862, 23y
Ava-Marie · #862, 17y
Iulia · #862, 16y
Katie-Jane · #862, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Gabby · #862, 13y
Katie-Jane · #862, 16y
Khadeeja · #862, 29y
Nerys · #862, 28y

Chidinma was ranked #862 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2008. 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.

Chidinma 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 Chidinma without appearing here.

Chidinma moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Martine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2432 and #4764.
Dianne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5691 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Hunter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Chidinma

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #1893.
Eabha Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #2338.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2843.
Meabh Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #5876.

Moved the opposite way to Chidinma

Eabha Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidinma went from #1862 to #4192 while Eabha went from #5061 to #1262.
Meabh Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chidinma went from #1862 to #4192 while Meabh went from #2781 to #952.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #862 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chidinma

Chidinma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chidinma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Chidinma at a glance

Chidinma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Chidinma moved ahead of

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