Chinonso
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- chee-NON-soh
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Chinonso is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God is near”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Chinonso mean?
Igbo
“God is near”
Is Chinonso a girl's or a boy's name?
Chinonso is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chinonso in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 217% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Chinonso, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Chinonso in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Chinonso in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Chinonso in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Chinonso, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Chinonso in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chinonso in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Nicknames for Chinonso
- Nonso
Names like Chinonso
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chidubem, Munachimso, Tobechukwu, Chukwuebuka, Obi, Kamsiyochukwu, Somtochukwu, Kenechukwu, Ifechukwu, Chiziterem, Naetochukwu, Chidera
More Igbo names
Amara, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chisom, Tobenna, Lotanna, Kosisochukwu, Chikaima, Adaugo, Chioma, Olanna
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, “Chinonso: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chinonso, updated 20 October 2026.