Chidi
Boy · CHEE-dee · Igbo
Chidi is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God exists”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Chidi mean?
Igbo: also a short form of longer Chi- names
“God exists”
Igbo name from Chi 'God' and di 'exists, is there'.
- Say it
- CHEE-dee
Is Chidi a girl's or a boy's name?
Chidi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chidi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 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, 6 boys in the UK were named Chidi, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Chidi of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Chidi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Chidi in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Chidi in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chidi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
Names like Chidi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi Chukwuebuka Oluwatobi Chidubem Tobechukwu Oluwafikayomi Oluwadarasimi Kenechukwu Somtochukwu Ifechukwu Kamsiyochukwu Chiziterem
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