Ife

Girl · recorded 1970–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ife.

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Its story

Popularity since 1970

051019701982199420062018

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 27 recorded years as a table
Ife, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19703
19713
19725
19738
197410
19753
19763
197710
19785
19793
19805
19818
19824
19853
19873
19903
19924
19954
20053
20064
20083
20113
20125
20144
20153
20173
20186

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ife isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
10
Rank in 2018
#9,806
How rare
1 in 170,107 girls
Since 1970
202

Ife was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ife doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.