Ogechi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-GEH-chee
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Ogechi is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “time of God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Ogechi mean?
Igbo: from oge 'time' + Chi 'God'
“time of God”
Igbo name expressing trust that God's timing is best.
Is Ogechi a girl's or a boy's name?
Ogechi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ogechi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ogechi, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ogechi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ogechi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Ogechi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Ogechi, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had more girls named Ogechi than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Ogechi in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ogechi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Nicknames for Ogechi
- Oge
Names like Ogechi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chisimdi Oluwanifemi Zinachimdi Oluwadarasimi Chioma Amarachukwu Kosisochukwu Kamsiyochukwu Oluwatamilore Chisom Temiloluwa Ifeoluwa
More Igbo names
Amara Munachimso Chimamanda Jidenna Chizaram Amarachi Tobechukwu Obi Mazi Adanna Adaeze Chidera 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, “Ogechi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ogechi, updated 20 October 2026.