NameTides

Ifan

Ifan was the #1,798 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (14 babies).

Ifan as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
Ifan as a boy’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020052010201520202025England & Wales
Ifan as a boy’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.2200020102020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & Wales
2025#1,798 (14)
2024#1,000 (30)
2023#1,610 (15)
2022#1,314 (20)
2021#1,250 (21)
2020#1,379 (18)
2019#1,113 (24)
2018#958 (30)
2017#1,289 (20)
2016#1,050 (27)
2015#833 (37)
2014#754 (42)
2013#1,086 (24)
2012#901 (33)
2011#845 (35)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2014 at #754.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Ifan is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,100 to 1 in 31,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.