Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Chioma

#7,069 most common girls' name of all time · #11,879 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among girls
#7,069
Rank overall
#11,879 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
998
Since 2016
195
Peak year
1997 #3,008
Best rank
#3,008 1997
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
198020002020

Chioma first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 18 — 18 #6,389
2024 17 — 17 #6,730
2023 20 — 20 #6,034
2022 18 — 18 #6,544
2021 23 — 23 #5,456
2020 23 — 23 #5,377
2019 15 — 15 #7,453
2018 21 — 21 #5,861
2017 21 — 21 #5,894
2016 19 — 19 #6,488
2015 18 — 18 #6,807
2014 23 — 23 #5,695
2013 21 — 21 #6,104
2012 15 — 15 #7,941
2011 23 — 23 #5,797
2010 20 — 20 #6,470
2009 26 — 26 #5,445
2008 32 — 32 #4,687
2007 27 — 27 #5,293
2006 31 — 31 #4,635
2005 28 — 28 #4,762
2004 30 — 30 #4,541
2003 35 — 35 #3,911
2002 17 — 17 #6,527
2001 23 — 23 #5,074
2000 28 — 28 #4,347
1999 26 — 26 #4,380
1998 24 — 24 #4,563
1997 40 — 40 #3,008
1996 26 — 26 #4,129
1995 29 — 29 #3,741
1994 22 — 22 #4,613
1993 17 — 17 #5,574
1992 11 — 11 #7,783
1991 15 — 15 #6,124
1990 24 — 24 #4,200
1989 22 — 22 #4,316
1988 19 — 19 #4,614
1987 15 — 15 #5,233
1986 10 — 10 #6,928
1985 12 — 12 #5,921
1984 8 — 8 #7,865
1983 10 — 10 #6,547
1982 21 — 21 #3,883
1981 8 — 8 #7,884
1980 14 — 14 #5,186
1979 11 — 11 #6,059
1978 10 — 10 #6,310
1975 6 — 6 #8,745
1972 6 — 6 #8,145