Chidera
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- chi-DEH-ra
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Chidera is a name of Igbo origin, meaning “what God has written”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Chidera mean?
Igbo: from chi, 'God', and dere, 'wrote'
“what God has written”
Is Chidera a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Chidera has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls and 10 boys in the UK and 17 girls in the US.
How popular is Chidera in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Chidera, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. 10 boys were also named Chidera in 2025 (2,342nd for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Chidera of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Chidera in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62% of the babies named Chidera in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Chidera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 2 | #7,391 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Chidera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Chidera, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Chidera in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 77% of the babies named Chidera in the US were girls.
Chidera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Nicknames for Chidera
- Dera
Names like Chidera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chioma, Tiaraoluwa, Chizara, Chisimdi, Ifeoluwa, Temiloluwa, Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Chimkasimma, Adesuwa, Chisom, Anjolaoluwa
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, 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, “Chidera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chidera, updated 20 October 2026.