Obianuju
Obianuju is a female Igbo given name. It is a compressed form of the expression Ọ bịa na uju aku, which means, “One who came into an abundance of wealth”. Thus, it will usually be given to a girl born in times of plenty. The common diminutive form is "Uju".
Meaning & Origin of Obianuju
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Obianuju is a female Igbo given name. It is a compressed form of the expression Ọ bịa na uju aku, which means, “One who came into an abundance of wealth”. Thus, it will usually be given to a girl born in times of plenty. The common diminutive form is "Uju".
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The Story of Obianuju
The earliest SSA record of Obianuju as a baby girl name dates back to 1996, when 5 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Obianuju — #13,924 in the national rankings. About 43% of every Obianuju on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Obianuju last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 28 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Obianuju
Obianuju is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 28 births in the dataset. Obianuju's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #13,924. Use the chart and map above to compare Obianuju'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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