Chukwuebuka
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- chook-woo-eh-BOO-ka
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
Chukwuebuka is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “God is great”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies).
What does Chukwuebuka mean?
Igbo: from Chukwu, 'God', and ebuka, 'is great'
“God is great”
Is Chukwuebuka a girl's or a boy's name?
Chukwuebuka is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chukwuebuka in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,964th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 225% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Chukwuebuka, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Chukwuebuka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Chukwuebuka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 2 | #6,166 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Chukwuebuka in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Chukwuebuka in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chukwuebuka in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Nicknames for Chukwuebuka
- Ebuka
Names like Chukwuebuka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Obaloluwa, Araoluwa, Enioluwa, Kamsiyochukwu, Naetochukwu, Tobechukwu, Chidubem, Oluwatobiloba, Kenechukwu
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna, Chiziterem, Lotanna
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, “Chukwuebuka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chukwuebuka, updated 20 October 2026.