Chidubem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- chi-DOO-bem
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,192 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Chidubem is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God leads me”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Chidubem mean?
Igbo: from chi, 'God', and dubem, 'leads me'
“God leads me”
Is Chidubem a girl's or a boy's name?
Chidubem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chidubem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,192nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 210% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Chidubem, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Chidubem of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Chidubem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.
Chidubem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,198 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Chidubem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Chidubem, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Chidubem in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chidubem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Nicknames for Chidubem
- Dubem
Names like Chidubem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chiziterem, Tobechukwu, Obi, Kamsiyochukwu, Chukwuebuka, Somtochukwu, Ifechukwu, Kenechukwu, Naetochukwu, Achim, Munachimso, Chinedum
More Igbo names
Amara, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chisom, Tobenna, Lotanna, Kosisochukwu, Chikaima, Adaugo, Chioma
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, “Chidubem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chidubem, updated 20 October 2026.