girls:
481 births since 2008
#5235 (8th percentile)
overall:
481 births since 2008
#7258 (6th percentile)
The name Chimamanda is the #7,258 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 481 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,235 (8.4% percentile) for all time with 481 births since 2008.
Chimamanda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (first recorded for girls in 2008).
For girls, Chimamanda reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #906) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 32 births per million (ranked 5.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Chimamanda ranks #919 for girls (3.0% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 58.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chimamanda".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Chimamanda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.6% confident that Chimamanda is pronounced as CHEE-muh-MAN-duh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is chee-muh-MAN-duh, at 17.1% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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