How Many People Are Named Chidi?
people named Chidi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,659,149 people in the US has this name
Based on 212 babies named Chidi in Social Security records from 1981 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
12 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "God exists" in Igbo. It is also a short form of Igbo names beginning with Chidi.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Chidi in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chidi alive today is about 24 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chidi first appears in the records in 1981 and was given most often in 2001, to 12 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1981 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Chidi has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,729, in 1982.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,729 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,048 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chidi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chidi were born in California than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today.
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