Given name & surname
Chike
“God is powerful”
Chike is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “God is powerful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “God is powerful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chike through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 188
- 188 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,394 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,394 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 394 as a first name in 2020; 141 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Chike
- Chike ObiNigerian mathematician and politician (1921–2008)
- ChikeNigerian ace music singer, songwriter, entertainer, music entrepreneur and actorborn 1993
- Chike AniakorNigerian painterborn 1939
- Chike NwoffiahNigerian actor and directorborn 1965
- Chike OnyejekweRomanian handball playerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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