Igbo Girl Names

Explore names documented in Igbo naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.

Save nameName & connection
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970.

—Unranked
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1992

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972.

18#6,371
Down 1,018 rank positions in five years
1997

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1990.

28#4,765
Down 213 rank positions in five years
2024

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1978.

27#4,879
Up 1,203 rank positions in five years
2007

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1988.

7#12,175
Up 242 rank positions in five years
2017

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982.

24#5,238
Down 976 rank positions in five years
2022

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971.

—Unranked
—
1992

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1990.

14#7,567
Down 1,443 rank positions in five years
2015

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971.

—Unranked
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1997

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1967.

—Unranked
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1980

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972.

10#9,704
new
1999

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983.

—Unranked
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1996

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975.

5#16,612
new
1996

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980.

7#12,841
new
1997

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980.

—Unranked
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2004

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983.

—Unranked
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2001

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973.

—Unranked
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1982

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1985.

5#15,408
new
2001

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972.

—Unranked
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1992

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975.

—Unranked
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1990

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1997.

—Unranked
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2008

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983.

5#15,407
new
1993

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982.

—Unranked
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1996

Documented Igbo usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1989.

—Unranked
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2003

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Sources & methodology

Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.

Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.

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