Chibuike
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- chee-boo-EE-keh
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Chibuike is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God is strength”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Chibuike mean?
Igbo: Igbo sentence name
“God is strength”
An Igbo name from Chi 'God' and ike 'strength'; Chibuikem is a fuller form meaning 'God is my strength'.
Is Chibuike a girl's or a boy's name?
Chibuike is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chibuike in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Chibuike, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Chibuike in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Chibuike in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Chibuike in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chibuike in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
Names like Chibuike
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobechukwu, Chukwuebuka, Ayomide, Kenechukwu, Chidubem, Somtochukwu, Boluwatife, Ifechukwu, Chiziterem, Oluwademilade, Oluwatamilore, Kamsiyochukwu
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chisom, Tobenna, Naetochukwu, Lotanna, Kosisochukwu
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, “Chibuike: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chibuike, updated 20 October 2026.