Ifeanyi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-feh-AHN-yee
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Ifeanyi is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “nothing is impossible for God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Ifeanyi mean?
Igbo: short form of Ifeanyichukwu
“nothing is impossible for God”
Short form of Ifeanyichukwu, an Igbo name expressing faith that nothing is beyond God.
Is Ifeanyi a girl's or a boy's name?
Ifeanyi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ifeanyi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 533% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ifeanyi, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ifeanyi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Ifeanyi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Ifeanyi, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had fewer boys named Ifeanyi than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Ifeanyi in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ifeanyi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
Nicknames for Ifeanyi
- Ify
Names like Ifeanyi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ifechukwu, Tobechukwu, Kenechukwu, Somtochukwu, Obi, Kamsiyochukwu, Naetochukwu, Munachimso, Chukwuebuka, Chidubem, Ifeoluwa, Chiziterem
More Igbo names
Amara, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chisom, Tobenna, Lotanna, Kosisochukwu, Chikaima, Adaugo, Chioma
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ifeanyi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ifeanyi, updated 20 October 2026.