Ifunanya

#15,792 in 2025Girls' name

Love

Ifunanya has been given to 73 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #15,792 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Ifunanya, 2025

1 in 663,000

Ifunanya over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ifunanya: meaning, origin, and history

Love

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ifunanya means

Ifunanya means “love”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ifunanya is used in Igbo.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 73 girls were recorded with the name Ifunanya between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2009; its best national rank was #9,599 in 2009.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #17,469 in 2015 to #15,792 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Ifunanya?

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 girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #15,792; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ifunanya sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 Ifunanya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ifunanyas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ifunanya was born before 2016 — so the typical Ifunanya is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 45.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 93.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 73; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 45.2% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Ifunanya 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,677; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 41.7%; Peak was 2009 (12)
Years since peak: 16; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,599; 2009

Ifunanya around the world

Where Ifunanya 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
2005–2025
#3,333
in 2025
Canada
2024–2024
#3,027
in 2024

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

Ifunanya by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #15,792
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #9,599; 2009
Peak year: 2009; 12 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 73
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Ifunanya

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

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Sibling names for Ifunanya

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

For a sister

Abagail Shyann Halie Allyssa Sydni Sydnie Rhianna Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Gavyn Jerimiah Jarod Keven Jamarcus

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