Chioma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- chee-OH-ma
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Chioma is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “good God; good fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Chioma mean?
Igbo: from chi, 'God, personal spirit', and oma, 'good'
“good God; good fortune”
In Igbo belief chi is also a person's guardian spirit, so the name suggests a good destiny.
Is Chioma a girl's or a boy's name?
Chioma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chioma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Chioma, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Chioma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 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 1,639th in England and Wales.
Chioma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Chioma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Chioma, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Chioma in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chioma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Chioma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chisimdi Ifeoluwa Temiloluwa Chimkasimma Tiaraoluwa Chidera Inioluwa Adesuwa Ireoluwa Chisom Imisioluwa Chizara
More Igbo names
Amara Munachimso Chimamanda Jidenna Kamsiyochukwu Chizaram Amarachi Tobechukwu Obi Mazi Adanna Adaeze Chidubem Ifechukwu Tobenna Chiziterem
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, “Chioma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chioma, updated 20 October 2026.