Chucky vs Chukwuemeka
American parents have registered 683 Chukwuemekas since 1880, against 609 Chuckys. Chukwuemeka is still ahead, with 8 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Chucky Chukwuemeka
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 78 years in which either name was published, Chukwuemeka for 48 years and Chucky for 30 years. The lead changed hands once.
- 1948–1977 Chucky ahead
- 1978–2025 Chukwuemeka ahead
Side by side
| Chucky | Chukwuemeka | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 609 | 683 |
| Most in one year | 36 | 26 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 500 | 670 |
| Median age today | 57 | 22 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 2003 |
| Best rank | 1,322nd boys | 3,443rd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 8,910th |
| First recorded | 1948 | 1974 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 609 | 0 / 683 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Chuckys alive today are over 57; half the Chukwuemekas are over 22. That is 35 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Chucky North Carolina (21.5×)
- Chukwuemeka Texas (8.1×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Chucky and Chukwuemeka.