Chukwuma
Chukwuma is a name with a single cultural origin: Igbo.
- Igbo
Meaning & Origin of Chukwuma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chukwuma is a name with a single cultural origin: Igbo.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Igbo
The Story of Chukwuma
The earliest SSA record of Chukwuma as a baby boy name dates back to 1983, when 6 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Chukwuma — #3,877 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Chukwuma on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Chukwuma last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 181 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Chukwuma
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Chukwuma. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Chima
- Chuks
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About the name Chukwuma
Chukwuma is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 181 births in the dataset. Chukwuma's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #3,877. Use the chart and map above to compare Chukwuma'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.