Ifeoma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-feh-OH-ma
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Ifeoma is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “good thing”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Ifeoma mean?
Igbo: from ife 'thing' + oma 'good'
“good thing”
Igbo name for a child seen as a blessing.
Is Ifeoma a girl's or a boy's name?
Ifeoma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ifeoma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 114% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ifeoma, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ifeoma than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ifeoma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ifeoma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Ifeoma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Ifeoma, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1999, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Ifeoma in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ifeoma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
Nicknames for Ifeoma
- Ife
- Oma
Names like Ifeoma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Imisioluwa, Adesuwa, Temiloluwa, Chioma, Tiaraoluwa, Chimkasimma, Araoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Eriifeoluwa, Amarachukwu
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom
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, “Ifeoma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ifeoma, updated 20 October 2026.