Chukwuemeka

maleStatistical record

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

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

Chukwuemeka: Recorded since 1996, it reached #409 in 2001, and it stood at #1,675 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#409highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2337
1998	#1821
1999	#1850
2000	#2142
2001	#1949
2002	#1519
2003	#2857
2004	#1878
2005	#1991
2006	#3385
2007	#1666
2008	#1953
2009	#2126
2010	#1620
2011	#2194
2012	#2270
2013	#2954
2014	#2459
2015	#3908
2016	#2804
2017	#2734
2019	#3411
2020	#3334
2021	#4789
2022	#1781
2023	#1906
2024	#1675

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2003: #423 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2857 among boys in England and Wales.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2003
Highest recorded position: #409 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2003).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Chukwuemeka appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 215 births with the name.

Chukwuemeka 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.

Chukwuemeka'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	#1591 (1996)	#1519 (2002)	#1675 (2024)	28 of 29	215 (1996–2024)	15 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#409 (2001)	#409 (2001)	#423 (2003)	2 of 3	7 (2001–2003)	4 (2003)

Chukwuemeka 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 Chukwuemeka in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	75	10 of 10	8
2010s	69	9 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Chukwuemeka 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: #409 in Republic of Ireland in 2001.

Chukwuemeka'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	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #409, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 5 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.

Fahd · #409, 26y
Godwin · #409, 28y
Ifeoluwa · #409, 29y
Kameron · #409, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abiola · #409, 18y
Collins · #409, 17y
Fahd · #409, 26y
Godwin · #409, 28y

Chukwuemeka was ranked #409 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2001. 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.

Chukwuemeka 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 Chukwuemeka without appearing here.

Chukwuemeka moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2126 and #4527.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1781 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Chukwuemeka

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1519 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1092.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2734 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1591 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1174.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2734 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2728.

Moved the same way as Chukwuemeka

Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Chukwuemeka went from #1591 to #3334 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.
Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Chukwuemeka went from #1591 to #3411 and Shannon from #1168 to #4702.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Chukwuemeka went from #1591 to #3908 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.
Kristoffer Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Chukwuemeka went from #1591 to #3908 and Kristoffer from #2357 to #3373.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #409 in Republic of Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chukwuemeka

Chukwuemeka at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chukwuemeka across 2 official records

Chukwuemeka by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Chukwuemeka appears in

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What the record shows

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Chukwuemeka at a glance

Chukwuemeka across 2 official records

Chukwuemeka 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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Chukwuemeka moved ahead of

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