Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Okoye through the years
Babies since 1880
51
51 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1991
16 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Okoye in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1990–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,544 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.
Okoye’s family of names
In English usage, Okoye as a surname has a related form in OKORIE.