# Chioma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chioma/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 998 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 998 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 322, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 5,777 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,906 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,064 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,658 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,784 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,474 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,870 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,825 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,435 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,357 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,433 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,511 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,009 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,689 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,372 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,729 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Chioma

- Chioma Igwe, American soccer player
- Chioma Ubogagu, English footballer
- Chioma Wogu, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.