Ogechukwu
Ogechukwu is a name with a single cultural origin: Igbo.
- Igbo
Meaning & Origin of Ogechukwu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ogechukwu 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 Ogechukwu
As a girl name
Ogechukwu first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1994, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1996: 7 births, good for #10,568 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 55% of all recorded Ogechukwus. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2015 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 51 Ogechukwus have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Ogechukwu as a boy name dates back to 2000, when 6 babies received it. 2000 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Ogechukwu — #9,112 in the national rankings. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2000 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 6 Ogechukwus have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ogechukwu
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About the name Ogechukwu
Ogechukwu is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 51 births in the dataset. Ogechukwu's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #10,568. Use the chart and map above to compare Ogechukwu'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.