Chidinma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- chee-DEEN-ma
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Chidinma is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God is good”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Chidinma mean?
Igbo
“God is good”
Igbo name from Chi 'God', di 'is' and mma 'good, beautiful'.
Is Chidinma a girl's or a boy's name?
Chidinma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chidinma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Chidinma, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Chidinma than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Chidinma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 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 3,704th in England and Wales.
Chidinma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Chidinma in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Chidinma in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chidinma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Nicknames for Chidinma
- Dinma
Names like Chidinma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chioma, Chisimdi, Tiaraoluwa, Chimkasimma, Chizara, Ifeoluwa, Temiloluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Inioluwa, Ireoluwa, Adesuwa, Imisioluwa
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom
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, “Chidinma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chidinma, updated 20 October 2026.