Name Legacy

Chimamanda

Recorded 2008–2025 · United States

Chimamanda was most popular in 2018, when 60 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,933 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,252, with 28 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 541 people named Chimamanda.

Most popular in2018
Rank that year#4,933
Births that year60
Total since 1880541
Given to100% girls

Chimamanda over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Chimamanda’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chimamanda a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chimamanda is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 541 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

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Where Chimamanda 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