NameTides

Chimamanda

Chimamanda was the #4,758 girls' name in the US in 2025 (28 babies), and #596 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Chimamanda as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Chimamanda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Chimamanda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#4,758 (28)#596 (65)#632 (4)#397 (3)#544 (6)#1,265 (20)
2024#4,387 (32)#547 (71)#790 (3)——#775 (38)
2023#4,276 (33)#706 (51)#540 (5)——#1,312 (18)
2022#4,907 (27)#910 (38)———#1,854 (11)
2021#4,833 (27)#1,351 (23)———#1,876 (11)
2020#3,841 (37)#1,773 (16)———#1,758 (12)
2019#4,072 (35)#1,389 (22)———#1,798 (12)
2018#2,810 (60)#1,393 (23)———#2,151 (9)
2017#2,964 (55)#1,681 (18)———#2,374 (8)
2016#4,250 (34)#1,834 (16)————
2015#3,595 (43)#1,865 (15)#806 (3)——#2,599 (7)
2014#4,544 (31)#2,659 (9)———#3,316 (5)
2013#4,422 (32)#2,460 (10)———#2,888 (6)
2012#5,253 (26)#3,285 (7)————
2011#8,196 (14)#2,893 (8)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #2,810.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2008.

How common is it?

about 1 in 59,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 59,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Chimamanda is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 50,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 39,000 to 1 in 66,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Chimamanda by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Chimamanda (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#82314

Chimamanda (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChimamandaCanadaGirls#1,26520
ChimamandaEngland & WalesGirls#59665
ChimamandaIrelandGirls#5446
ChimamandaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
ChimamandaScotlandGirls#6324
ChimamandaUSGirls#4,75828