Ifechukwu
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ee-feh-CHOO-kwoo
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
Ifechukwu is a name of Igbo origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies).
What does Ifechukwu mean?
Igbo: Igbo name ending in Chukwu, God
An Igbo name containing Chukwu, the Igbo name for God.
Is Ifechukwu a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ifechukwu has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 20 boys in the UK.
How popular is Ifechukwu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,423rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Ifechukwu, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. 8 girls were also named Ifechukwu in 2025 (3,101st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Ifechukwu of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Ifechukwu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29% of the babies named Ifechukwu in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Ifechukwu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
Nicknames for Ifechukwu
- Ife
Names like Ifechukwu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobechukwu, Somtochukwu, Kenechukwu, Kamsiyochukwu, Naetochukwu, Munachimso, Chukwuebuka, Inioluwa, Chiziterem, Ireoluwa, Obi, Chidubem
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) 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, “Ifechukwu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ifechukwu, updated 20 October 2026.