Chizara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- chee-ZAH-rah
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Chizara is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God has answered”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Chizara mean?
Igbo: Igbo name built on Chi, 'God'
“God has answered”
An Igbo name built on Chi, 'God', and often shortened to Chi or Zara.
Is Chizara a girl's or a boy's name?
Chizara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chizara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Chizara, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Chizara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Chizara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Chizara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Chizara, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Chizara in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chizara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Nicknames for Chizara
Names like Chizara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chioma, Tiaraoluwa, Chisimdi, Ireoluwa, Chimkasimma, Chidera, Araoluwa, Inioluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Imisioluwa, Kamsiyochukwu
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, 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, “Chizara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chizara, updated 20 October 2026.