Amarachi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-ma-RA-chee
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,085 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Amarachi is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God's grace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,085th for girls in the UK (33 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Amarachi mean?
Igbo
“God's grace”
From Igbo amara, 'grace', and Chi, 'God'.
Is Amarachi a girl's or a boy's name?
Amarachi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amarachi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,085among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 8,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 90% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the UK were named Amarachi, making it the 1,085th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Amarachi of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Amarachi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,028th in England and Wales.
Amarachi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #1,085 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,178 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Amarachi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Amarachi, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Amarachi in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amarachi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
Nicknames for Amarachi
- Amara 467 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Amarachi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zinachimdi Chisimdi Oluwadarasimi Kamsiyochukwu Munachimso Amarachukwu Oluwanifemi Adesuwa Ayomide Tiaraoluwa Kosisochukwu Araoluwa
More Igbo names
Amara Chimamanda Jidenna Chizaram Tobechukwu Obi Mazi Adanna Adaeze Chidera Chidubem Ifechukwu Chisom Tobenna Chiziterem Naetochukwu
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amarachi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amarachi, updated 20 October 2026.