Boys' name · since 1986
Ifeanyi
Ifeanyi has 165 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,514 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ifeanyi is the #12514 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 165 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ifeanyi has been recorded 165 times among boys since 1986, currently ranked #12514 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #14,130 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,514 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 165 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ifeanyi ranks #14,130 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,514 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 165 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,514 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ifeanyi's 165 recorded births place it above 68.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ifeanyi compares
165 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ifeanyi's all-time total is 55% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ifeanyi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 165 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ifeanyi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ifeanyi splits its recorded history at 2008: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ifeanyi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Ifeanyi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 28% of the file).
2020s was Ifeanyi's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Ifeanyi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (28% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ifeanyi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ifeanyi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.