Chimamanda
Chimamanda was the 4790th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2817th with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,178 places. More babies were named Chimamanda in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,790 girls, down 939 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 28girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201860 babies
- Total since 1880
- 541babies recorded
Chimamanda popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #4,790 | 28 |
| 2020 | #3,851 | 37 |
| 2010 | #8,358 | 14 |
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How popular is Chimamanda, counting every spelling?
Chimamanda has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Chimamanda?
28 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chimamanda (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Chimamanda born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 298 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chimamanda.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chimamanda?
About 500 people born in the US named Chimamanda are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 11. That makes Chimamanda a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Chimamanda by state
How common Chimamanda was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.8×). In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Chimamanda
How popular is the name Chimamanda?
Chimamanda was the 4790th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2817th with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,178 places. More babies were named Chimamanda in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Chimamanda a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Chimamanda in the US.
Where is Chimamanda most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chimamanda was most common in Maryland (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.