Ijeoma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ijeoma: Recorded since 1996, it reached #606 in 2001, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#606highest recorded position
5groupings 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	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#2627
2008	#3397
2010	#4012
2014	#4003
2016	#4763
2017	#4063
2021	#5581
2024	#5891

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 16 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2001: #606 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3998 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 #3795 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ijeoma 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 Ijeoma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	30	7 of 10	4
2010s	19	4 of 10	5
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Ijeoma 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: #606 in Republic of Ireland in 2001.

Ijeoma'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	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 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #606, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 5 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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
5 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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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.

Abigale · #606, 20y
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Hind · #606, 21y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abigale · #606, 20y
Abisola · #606, 20y
Alysia · #606, 29y
Hind · #606, 21y

Ijeoma was ranked #606 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2001. 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.

Ijeoma 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 Ijeoma without appearing here.

Ijeoma moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2627 and #5201.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3397 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4012 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.
Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4012 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.

Moved the opposite way to Ijeoma

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ijeoma went from #3795 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ijeoma went from #3795 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ijeoma went from #3795 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ijeoma went from #3795 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Ijeoma

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ijeoma went from #3795 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ijeoma went from #3795 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ijeoma went from #3795 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ijeoma went from #3795 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #606 in Republic of Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ijeoma

Ijeoma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ijeoma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ijeoma at a glance

Ijeoma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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