Ifra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IF-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Ifra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happiness, joy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Ifra mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ifrah; name especially used by Somali families
“happiness, joy”
Meaning borrowed from Ifrah.
Is Ifra a girl's or a boy's name?
Ifra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ifra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Ifra, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ifra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Ifra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Ifra 8
- Ifrah 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Ifra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Ifra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faiza, Salma, Saba, Iqra, Fatma, Safa, Taiba, Zaha, Habiba, Hafsa, Aysha, Humaira
Other spellings of Ifra
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Ifra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ifra, updated 20 October 2026.