Ifan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ifan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #603 in 1999, and it stood at #1,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#603highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#759
1998	#616
1999	#603
2000	#918
2001	#751
2003	#945
2005	#919
2006	#764
2007	#820
2008	#867
2009	#848
2010	#897
2011	#845
2012	#901
2013	#1086
2014	#754
2015	#833
2016	#1050
2017	#1289
2018	#958
2019	#1113
2020	#1379
2021	#1250
2022	#1314
2023	#1610
2024	#1000

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #603 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ifan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Ifan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	93	4 of 10	23
2000s	213	8 of 10	27
2010sbusiest	304	10 of 10	30
2020s	104	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Ifan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #603 in England and Wales in 1999.

Ifan'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	male	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1250	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1113	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#958	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1050	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#754	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#845	35	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#897	32	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#848	33	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#867	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#820	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#764	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#918	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#603	29	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#616	29	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#759	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #603, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
42births registered in its largest year, 201425 to 49 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aaisha · #603, 29y
Sumaiya · #604, 29y
Suleman · #600, 29y
Tahmid · #600, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aaisha · #603, 29y
Nyra · #603, 14y
Zayna · #603, 30y
Elyas · #602, 26y

Ifan was ranked #603 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Ifan 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 Ifan without appearing here.

Ifan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1000 and #5119.
Wayne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1610 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1000 and #1951.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #918 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #751 and #1595.
Craig Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1289 and #1124 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #958 and #1786.

Moved ahead of Ifan

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1250 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1314 and #967.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #945 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #919 and #615.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #764 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #820 and #538.
Theodor Compare
In 2015 they stood at #833 and #873 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1050 and #774.

Moved the opposite way to Ifan

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ifan went from #603 to #1000 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ifan went from #603 to #1000 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ifan went from #603 to #1000 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ifan went from #603 to #1000 while Rune went from #2943 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Ifan

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ifan went from #976 to #1610 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ifan went from #976 to #1610 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ifan went from #976 to #1610 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ifan went from #759 to #1610 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #603 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ifan

Ifan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ifan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ifan at a glance

Ifan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ifan appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ifan

Ifan and the names beside it

Ifan moved ahead of

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