How Many People Are Named Chinenye?
An estimated 178 people in the United States have the first name Chinenye. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Chinenye peaked in popularity in 2001 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Chinenye as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Chinenye paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
178
About 1 in 1,925,586 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2001
11 births
Total Registered
182
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Chinenye
Chinenye is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 182 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Chinenye as a female name
Ranked #14,517 in 2017
6 female births in 2017
Peak: 2001 (11 births)
Chinenye: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Chinenye span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 79 babies were registered. While Chinenye is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Chinenye by Decade
How has Chinenye tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Chinenye + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Chinenye as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Chinenye: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Chinenye?
We estimate approximately 178 people named Chinenye are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,925,586 Americans share this first name.
Is Chinenye a common name?
Chinenye is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 72.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 182 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Chinenye most popular?
Chinenye reached peak popularity in 2001, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Chinenye is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Chinenye a female name?
Chinenye is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Chinenye Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Chinenye Smith, Chinenye Johnson, Chinenye Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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