Chigozie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- chee-GOH-zee-eh
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Chigozie is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God bless”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Chigozie mean?
Igbo
“God bless”
Igbo name from chi 'God' and gozie 'bless'.
Is Chigozie a girl's or a boy's name?
Chigozie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chigozie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Chigozie, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Chigozie than any year since 2012.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Chigozie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Chigozie in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Chigozie in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chigozie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
Nicknames for Chigozie
- Gozie
- Chigo
Names like Chigozie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobechukwu, Chukwuebuka, Kenechukwu, Chidubem, Somtochukwu, Ifechukwu, Ayomide, Chiziterem, Kamsiyochukwu, Boluwatife, Oluwatobi, Obi
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chisom, Tobenna, Naetochukwu, Lotanna, Kosisochukwu, Chikaima
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, “Chigozie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chigozie, updated 20 October 2026.