Ngozi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- n-GOH-zee
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Ngozi is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “blessing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Ngozi mean?
Igbo: Igbo word ngozi
“blessing”
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian economist, became the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization.
Is Ngozi a girl's or a boy's name?
Ngozi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ngozi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ngozi, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ngozi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ngozi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Ngozi in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Ngozi in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ngozi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Ngozi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiki, Dakota, Suki, Kiyomi, Kyomi, Remi, Rumi, Miri, Chisimdi, Yumna, Lumi, Tori
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom
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, “Ngozi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ngozi, updated 20 October 2026.