Chinua

CHIH-noo-uh /ˈtʃɪnuːə/
boy 2 syllables fading

Chinua is a very rare variant of Chana that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.

Chinua is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Chinua was first reported in SSA data in 1977 and peaked in 1977 (5 births).

About the name Chinua

PronunciationCHIH-noo-uh /ˈtʃɪnuːə/
5peak births 1977
1977first in SSA data

Names similar to Chinua

ChinChinoChanaChynaChanChaneyChanyChipChintanChinue

How popular is Chinua?

Boys named Chinua
197719801990200020102017
Boys named Chinua per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1977–2017 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2017) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Chinua total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201755#12,640
201555#12,416
19895—#8,089
19775—#5,990
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