Chinonso
Chinonso is an Igbo given name. It means "God is within reach”, or, more directly, “God is near”. Similarly, there is the name Chinomso, which means “God is within my reach”. They are both unisex.
- Igbo
Meaning & Origin of Chinonso
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chinonso is an Igbo given name. It means "God is within reach”, or, more directly, “God is near”. Similarly, there is the name Chinomso, which means “God is within my reach”. They are both unisex.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Igbo
The Story of Chinonso
Chinonso first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1997, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2012: 12 births, good for #6,624 nationwide. About 49% of every Chinonso on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Chinonso last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 108 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Chinonso
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Chinonso. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Nonso
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About the name Chinonso
Chinonso is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 108 births in the dataset. Chinonso's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #6,624. Use the chart and map above to compare Chinonso's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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