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Ifeanyi

#12,729 in 2025Boys' name

We can do anything

Ifeanyi has been given to 165 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #12,729 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1999, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Ifeanyi, 2025

1 in 663,000

Ifeanyi over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ifeanyi: meaning, origin, and history

We can do anything

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ifeanyi means

Ifeanyi means “we can do anything”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ifeanyi is used in Igbo.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 165 boys were recorded with the name Ifeanyi between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1999; its best national rank was #5,785 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,942 in 2020 to #12,729 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,694 in 2015 to #12,729 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ifeanyi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,729
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ifeanyi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ifeanyi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ifeanyis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ifeanyi was born before 2008 — so the typical Ifeanyi is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
28.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
165
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 28.5% of all recorded uses (47).

Is Ifeanyi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−5,296
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,787
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,035
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.50×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.5%
Peak was 1999 (11)
Years since peak
26
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,785
1999

Ifeanyi around the world

Where Ifeanyi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Ifeanyi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,729
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,787
Best rank ever
#5,785
1999
Peak year
1999
11 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
165
Count in 2025
5

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ifeanyi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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