Chimamanda

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Chimamanda: Recorded every year since 2008, its highest recorded position is #544, reached in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#544highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#4012
2011	#2893
2012	#3285
2013	#2460
2014	#2659
2015	#1865
2016	#1834
2017	#1681
2018	#1393
2019	#1389
2020	#1773
2021	#1351
2022	#910
2023	#706
2024	#547

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 every year from 2008 to 2024.

In 2024: #547 among girls in England and Wales, #790 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2008–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4524 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — 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 #547 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Chimamanda 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 Chimamanda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010s	133	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	199	5 of 10	40

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 40 births a year.

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

Chimamanda 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 3 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #544 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Chimamanda'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	#547	71	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#706	51	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#910	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1351	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2008 and 2025, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #544, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 71 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 17 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.

Chika · #3126, 16y
Chikamso · #3015, 10y
Chinedu · #1771, 22y
Chinedum · #2730, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Marlowe · #541, 23y
Munachimso · #541, 15y
Raiya · #541, 19y
Roux · #541, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Izzah · #544, 25y
Anastasija · #546, 18y
Khushi · #542, 24y
Oliwer · #542, 19y

Chimamanda was ranked #544 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2025. 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.

Chimamanda 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 Chimamanda without appearing here.

Chimamanda moved ahead of

Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2893 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #5742.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Evan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2893 and #5785.
Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2893 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Chimamanda

Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1389 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Chimamanda

Abigail Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chimamanda went from #4524 to #547 while Abigail went from #29 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chimamanda went from #4524 to #547 while Aimee went from #86 to #1603.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chimamanda went from #4524 to #547 while Alex went from #397 to #2253.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chimamanda went from #4524 to #547 while Alexandra went from #90 to #215.

Moved the same way as Chimamanda

Ada Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chimamanda went from #4524 to #547 and Ada from #699 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chimamanda went from #4524 to #547 and Alma from #1247 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chimamanda went from #4524 to #547 and Amelia from #9 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Chimamanda went from #4524 to #547 and Aria from #1135 to #35.

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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 3 regions, from 2008 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #544 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chimamanda

Chimamanda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chimamanda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Chimamanda at a glance

Chimamanda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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