Ugochukwu

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ugochukwu: Recorded since 1996, it reached #451 in 2002, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#451highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1999	#2425
2002	#3225
2006	#2282
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2010	#2400
2011	#4647
2012	#1962
2013	#2954
2014	#2964
2015	#3908
2017	#3996
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2020	#3848
2021	#3990
2022	#3048
2024	#2443

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 20 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2009: #604 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3744 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 #2357 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 recorded2002–2009
Highest recorded position: #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ugochukwu 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 1996, and has registered 99 births with the name.

Ugochukwu 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.

Ugochukwu'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	#2357 (1996)	#1962 (2012)	#2443 (2024)	20 of 29	99 (1996–2024)	11 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#451 (2002)	#604 (2009)	2 of 8	7 (2002–2009)	4 (2009)

Ugochukwu 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 Ugochukwu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	20	5 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	48	9 of 10	5
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, 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 →

Ugochukwu 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: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Ugochukwu'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	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 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #451, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 6 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.

Alexey · #451, 17y
Alin · #451, 20y
Ellie-Grace · #451, 21y
Erwin · #451, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Akeem · #451, 29y
Anderson · #451, 29y
Ayooluwa · #451, 11y
Immanuel · #451, 29y

Ugochukwu was ranked #451 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.

Ugochukwu 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 Ugochukwu without appearing here.

Ugochukwu moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3048 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Nils Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3990 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Ugochukwu

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1440.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Hudson Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2425 and #1850.

Moved the same way as Ugochukwu

Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Ugochukwu went from #2357 to #3848 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ugochukwu went from #2357 to #3908 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ugochukwu went from #4333 to #2443 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

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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: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Ugochukwu at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ugochukwu across 2 official records

Ugochukwu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ugochukwu across 2 official records

Ugochukwu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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