How Many People Are Named Chima?
people named Chima are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,225,035 people in the US has this name
Based on 288 babies named Chima in Social Security records from 1978 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "God knows" in Igbo.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Chima in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chima alive today is about 26 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chima first appears in the records in 1978 and was given most often in 2002, to 14 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1978 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Chima has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,907, in 1978.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,907 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,547 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chima alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chima were born in California than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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