Ifor

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ifor: Recorded since 2001, it reached #2,335 in 2016, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2335highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2587
2007	#4333
2012	#4805
2014	#3895
2015	#3908
2016	#2335
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2023	#4107
2024	#2921

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 10 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2587 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #2335 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ifor 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 Ifor in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	25	5 of 10	5
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Ifor 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2335 in England and Wales in 2016.

Ifor'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,335, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 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.

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.

Aayaan · #2335, 14y
Anthony-James · #2335, 13y
Shayen · #2335, 11y
Aarif · #2337, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aayaan · #2335, 14y
Shayen · #2335, 11y
Sidharth · #2335, 21y
Veeran · #2335, 17y

Ifor 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 Ifor without appearing here.

Ifor moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3411 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Ifor

Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1756.
Mathias Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #2211.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2335 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Gunnar Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2335 and #2556 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2728.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2335 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ifor

Ifor at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ifor by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ifor appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ifor and the names beside it

Ifor moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ifor

Ifor at a glance

Ifor by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ifor appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ifor and the names beside it

Ifor moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ifor