How Many People Are Named Ife?
An estimated 190 people in the United States have the first name Ife. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Ife peaked in popularity in 1977 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ife as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ife paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
190
About 1 in 1,803,970 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1977
16 births
Total Registered
202
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ife
Ife is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 202 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Ife as a female name
Ranked #10,090 in 2018
10 female births in 2018
Peak: 1977 (16 births)
Ife: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ife span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 82 babies were registered. While Ife is less common than at its peak in the 1970s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Ife by Decade
How has Ife tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ife by State
Ife + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ife as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ife
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Ife: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ife?
We estimate approximately 190 people named Ife are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,803,970 Americans share this first name.
Is Ife a common name?
Ife is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 202 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ife most popular?
Ife reached peak popularity in 1977, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ife is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ife a female name?
Ife is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ife Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ife Smith, Ife Johnson, Ife Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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