Ifenna
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-FEN-nah
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Ifenna is a boys' name of Igbo origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
Where does Ifenna come from?
Igbo: Igbo name built on nna 'father'
Is Ifenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Ifenna is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ifenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Ifenna, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd.
2025 had the most boys named Ifenna of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Ifenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
Names like Ifenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chukwuebuka Ifeoluwa Ireoluwa Inioluwa Ifechukwu Chidubem Chidera Enioluwa Araoluwa Oluwatobiloba Obaloluwa Tobechukwu
More Igbo names
Amara Munachimso Chimamanda Jidenna Kamsiyochukwu Chizaram Amarachi Obi Mazi Adanna Adaeze Chisom Tobenna Chiziterem Naetochukwu Lotanna
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, “Ifenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ifenna, updated 20 October 2026.