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How popular is the name Ifan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ifans are alive today.
Ifan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1798th in 2025 and given to 14 babies. The name peaked in 2014, when 42 babies were given the name, the 754th most popular that year. It has declined since 2014; the 2025 figure is roughly 33% of its peak.
The Ifan you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old - or else around 28: the name has two living generations. Half of all Ifans born in England and Wales are between 10 and 25, and there are at least 820 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ifan - on average, only one in every 370 such rooms contains a Ifan.
How many babies are named Ifan each year?
Where does Ifan rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ifan most popular?
Ifan peaked in 2014, when 42 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ifan?
At least 820 people named Ifan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ifan?
Most living Ifans are between 10 and 25; the most common age is about 11. There is a second cluster around 28.
Is Ifan becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.