Ifan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-van
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
Ifan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies).
What does Ifan mean?
Hebrew: Welsh form of John
“God is gracious”
A Welsh form of John, closely related to Evan and Ieuan.
Is Ifan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ifan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ifan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Ifan, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 42 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ifan than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Ifan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Ifan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,043 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,109 |
| 2015 | 37 | #906 |
| 2014 | 42 | #817 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 33 | #979 |
| 2011 | 35 | #906 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 33 | #919 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 32 | #896 |
| 2006 | 33 | #842 |
| 2005 | 24 | #997 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,010 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 23 | #818 |
| 2000 | 18 | #955 |
| 1999 | 29 | #667 |
| 1998 | 29 | #671 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
Names like Ifan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Isaaq, Zayan, Rafa, Izaan, Zayyan, Saifan, Abdulrahman, Iyad
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ifan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ifan, updated 20 October 2026.