Chikaima
Girl · chi-ka-EE-ma · Igbo
Chikaima is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God knows best”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies).
What does Chikaima mean?
Igbo: from chika, 'God is greatest', and ima, 'to know'
“God knows best”
- Say it
- chi-ka-EE-ma
Is Chikaima a girl's or a boy's name?
Chikaima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls and 4 boys in the UK.
How popular is Chikaima in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,642among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 425% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Chikaima, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. 4 boys were also named Chikaima in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Chikaima of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the girls named Chikaima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Chikaima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
Names like Chikaima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chimkasimma Tiaraoluwa Chioma Ireoluwa Adesuwa Chimamanda Munachimso Araoluwa Kamsiyochukwu Inioluwa Chisimdi Chizara
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