How Many People Are Named Ife?
people named Ife are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,752,742 people in the US has this name
Based on 202 babies named Ife in Social Security records from 1970 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "love" in Yoruba.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ife in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ife alive today is about 36 years old, and 69% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 19 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ife first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 1977, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Ife has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,290, in 1977.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,290 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,255 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ife alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ife were born in New York than in any other state: about 17 of those alive today.
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