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.

Chukwuemeka

#6,061 most common boys' name of all time · #15,074 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among boys
#6,061
Rank overall
#15,074 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
683
Since 2016
113
Peak year
2003 #3,483
Best rank
#2,954 1982
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
198020002020

Chukwuemeka first appears in 1974. 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 — 8 8 #9,115
2024 — 9 9 #8,502
2023 — 5 5 #12,662
2022 — 9 9 #8,502
2021 — 8 8 #9,057
2020 — 9 9 #8,259
2019 — 16 16 #5,658
2018 — 19 19 #4,992
2017 — 12 12 #6,827
2016 — 18 18 #5,201
2015 — 22 22 #4,471
2014 — 15 15 #5,843
2013 — 13 13 #6,364
2012 — 18 18 #5,117
2011 — 8 8 #9,023
2010 — 20 20 #4,746
2009 — 16 16 #5,640
2008 — 20 20 #4,801
2007 — 12 12 #6,790
2006 — 18 18 #4,962
2005 — 19 19 #4,541
2004 — 23 23 #3,932
2003 — 26 26 #3,483
2002 — 11 11 #6,263
2001 — 18 18 #4,387
2000 — 18 18 #4,292
1999 — 21 21 #3,651
1998 — 16 16 #4,318
1997 — 12 12 #5,119
1996 — 18 18 #3,773
1995 — 12 12 #4,971
1994 — 21 21 #3,293
1993 — 13 13 #4,583
1992 — 13 13 #4,465
1991 — 9 9 #5,748
1990 — 13 13 #4,337
1989 — 16 16 #3,583
1988 — 9 9 #5,051
1987 — 11 11 #4,179
1986 — 8 8 #5,171
1985 — 8 8 #5,022
1984 — 7 7 #5,383
1983 — 10 10 #4,080
1982 — 16 16 #2,954
1981 — 15 15 #3,018
1980 — 11 11 #3,804
1979 — 8 8 #4,753
1978 — 12 12 #3,386
1977 — 8 8 #4,532
1974 — 6 6 #5,153