Arinze
Boy · a-RIN-zeh · Igbo
Arinze is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “were it not for God”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Arinze mean?
Igbo: short form of Arinzechukwu
“were it not for God”
Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria became one of the most senior African figures in the Catholic Church.
- Say it
- a-RIN-zeh
Is Arinze a girl's or a boy's name?
Arinze is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arinze in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Arinze in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arinze in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Arinze in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Arinze, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had the most boys named Arinze of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Arinze in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arinze in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Arinze
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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