Fun Facts About the Name Chisom
- 754 babies named Chisom: U.S. records list 754 babies given the name Chisom from 1880 through 2025. Even 222 boys received the name Chisom - about 1 boy for every 2 girls.
What Does the Name Chisom Mean?
Chisom is an Igbo name usually translated as "God is with me." It comes from the Igbo language of southeastern Nigeria. The name is a compressed phrase built from Chi, which in Igbo belief refers to a personal guardian spirit and, in wider use, to God; so, meaning "follow" or "accompany"; and m, "me." Read literally, the components say "God follows me" or "my God accompanies me," and the customary English rendering, "God is with me," is the meaning most Igbo speakers give the name.
The name is not a single fixed vocabulary word but a shortened sentence-name, the kind of construction common in Igbo naming, where a whole statement of faith or circumstance is shortened into one word.
Chisom Name History & Origins
Chisom belongs to the Igbo tradition in which personal names are often condensed statements. Many Igbo names are shortened forms of fuller phrases that were originally spoken as complete sentences, so a name like Chisom preserves the sense of a declaration about God's presence while functioning as a single given name.
The name circulates mainly among Igbo speakers in the states of southeastern Nigeria, including Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Abia, and Ebonyi, and among Igbo communities elsewhere in Nigeria and abroad. It is used for both boys and girls, though it is often given to girls. Its wording fits the strong theophoric pattern of Igbo names, in which a divine element such as Chi or Chukwu is joined to a verb or pronoun.
Christianity, widely adopted in Igboland from the nineteenth century onward, reinforced the reading of Chi as the Christian God, and the name is at home in Christian Igbo families as well as in general Igbo usage. Spelling and stress vary somewhat in everyday speech between Nigeria and the diaspora, but the written form Chisom is standard.
How Popular is the Name Chisom?
Chisom has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #4,617 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,569 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #10,415 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #6,722 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #7,351 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #7,025 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #6,123 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #10,657 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #8,719 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #5,700 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2016 | #5,028 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #4,617 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2014 | #5,835 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #5,861 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2012 | #5,943 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #7,185 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #5,647 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #7,402 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #7,139 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #9,130 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #6,182 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #10,294 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #5,245 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #5,629 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #8,404 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #7,832 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #8,138 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #5,962 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #10,312 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #8,488 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #8,280 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #10,742 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #10,807 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #13,891 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #13,571 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #13,390 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,070 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,115 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #9,927 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #9,909 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #9,048 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #9,862 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #7,183 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #12,544 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #9,748 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #7,117 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #9,894 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #8,902 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #7,687 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #12,823 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #7,793 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #5,962 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #8,868 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #8,428 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #7,638 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #6,326 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #7,145 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #9,461 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #8,339 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #8,885 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #7,263 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #9,085 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #6,626 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #7,102 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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