Name Legacy

Chidera

Recorded 1993–2025 · United States

Chidera was most popular in 2014, when 40 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,479 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 777 people named Chidera.

Most popular in2014
Rank that year#6,479
Births that year40
Total since 1880777
Given to70% girls

Chidera over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Chidera’s peak in 2014. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chidera a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chidera is a unisex name — 70.0% of the 777 Americans given it were girls and 30.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2012 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 76% girls and 24% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Chidera

Where Chidera is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org