Chiamaka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- chee-AH-mah-kah
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Chiamaka is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God is beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Chiamaka mean?
Igbo: Chi 'God' + amaka 'is beautiful'
“God is beautiful”
A popular Igbo name from south-eastern Nigeria, often shortened to Amaka.
Is Chiamaka a girl's or a boy's name?
Chiamaka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chiamaka in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Chiamaka, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Chiamaka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Chiamaka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Chiamaka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Chiamaka, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Chiamaka in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chiamaka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Nicknames for Chiamaka
- Amaka
- Chi
Names like Chiamaka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chioma, Chimkasimma, Adesuwa, Chidera, Chimamanda, Chizara, Temiloluwa, Ifeoluwa, Tiaraoluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Chikaima
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna, Chiziterem
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, “Chiamaka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chiamaka, updated 20 October 2026.