Is Chisom a boy or girl name?

Chisom is a unisex name. Of the 755 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 70.5% were girls and 29.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2008, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Chisom

Recorded 1989–2025 · United States

Chisom was most popular in 2015, when 37 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,862 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,648, with 22 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 755 people named Chisom.

Chisom over time

Births per year. The dot marks Chisom’s peak in 2015. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chisom a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chisom is a unisex name — 70.5% of the 755 Americans given it were girls and 29.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2008 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 72% girls and 28% 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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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org