Chukwuemeka
Chukwuemeka is a common Igbo male name and surname meaning "God has done great". It is commonly shortened to Emeka.
- Igbo
Meaning & Origin of Chukwuemeka
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chukwuemeka is a common Igbo male name and surname meaning "God has done great". It is commonly shortened to Emeka.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Igbo
The Story of Chukwuemeka
The earliest SSA record of Chukwuemeka as a baby boy name dates back to 1974, when 6 babies received it. 2003 was its biggest year on record, with 26 newborns named Chukwuemeka — #3,443 in the national rankings. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Chukwuemekas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (9 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 675 Chukwuemekas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Chukwuemeka
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About the name Chukwuemeka
Chukwuemeka is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 675 births in the dataset. Chukwuemeka's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #3,443. Use the chart and map above to compare Chukwuemeka'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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