Ifeoma

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ifeoma: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ifeoma: Recorded since 1996, it reached #635 in 2006, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#635highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1998	#2701
2001	#3262
2004	#2530
2005	#2682
2006	#4157
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2012	#2521
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2021	#3519
2022	#3148
2023	#3598
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2006: #635 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4157 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2006
Highest recorded position: #635 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 2005–2006).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ifeoma appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 107 births with the name.

Ifeoma across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ifeoma's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2521 (2012)	#4192 (2024)	22 of 29	107 (1996–2024)	10 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#635 (2006)	#635 (2006)	2 of 2	7 (2005–2006)	4 (2006)

Ifeoma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ifeoma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	38	7 of 10	5
2010s	32	8 of 10	4
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ifeoma appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #635 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Ifeoma's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #635, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 9 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alliyah · #635, 24y
Harlyn · #635, 17y
Ketsia · #635, 17y
Nikol · #635, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alliyah · #635, 24y
Aniela · #635, 26y
Anu · #635, 11y
Ketsia · #635, 17y

Ifeoma was ranked #635 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ifeoma and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ifeoma without appearing here.

Ifeoma moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.
Kari Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5591 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Ifeoma

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2521 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Luca Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2521 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2203.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.

Moved the opposite way to Ifeoma

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ifeoma went from #2683 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ifeoma went from #2683 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ifeoma went from #2683 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ifeoma went from #2683 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Ifeoma

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ifeoma went from #2683 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ifeoma went from #2683 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ifeoma went from #2683 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ifeoma went from #2683 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #635 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ifeoma

Ifeoma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ifeoma across 2 official records

Ifeoma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ifeoma across 2 official records

Ifeoma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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