Chinwe
Chinwe is a given name of Igbo origin. It means "God owns" and is generally a condensed form of longer expressions.
- Igbo
Meaning & Origin of Chinwe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chinwe is a given name of Igbo origin. It means "God owns" and is generally a condensed form of longer expressions.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Igbo
The Story of Chinwe
The earliest SSA record of Chinwe as a baby girl name dates back to 1975, when 8 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Chinwe — #7,880 in the national rankings. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Chinwes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2013 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 148 Chinwes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Chinwe
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About the name Chinwe
Chinwe is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 148 births in the dataset. Chinwe's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #7,880. Use the chart and map above to compare Chinwe'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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