Given name
Ifeoma
“a beautiful woman; a good thing”
Ifeoma is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “a beautiful woman; a good thing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a beautiful woman; a good thing.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ifeoma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 402
- 0 boys · 402 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,707 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,707 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,059 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ifeoma’s family of names
Ifeoma has a related form in Ifeomah. Ifeoma has a related form in Ifyoma. Ifeoma has a related form in Ifyomah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ifeoma
- Ifeoma OnumonuNigerian association football playerborn 1994
- Ifeoma OnyefuluNigerian children's writerborn 1959
- Ifeoma Aggrey-FynnGhanaian-Nigerian media personality, writer and public speaker1980–2015
- Ifeoma OkoyeNigerian author, writer, children's writer and novelistborn 1937
- Ifeoma IheanachoNigerian sport wrestlerborn 1988
- Ifeoma OzomaAmerican public policy specialist and technology industry equity advocateborn 1990
- Ifeoma AjunwaAmerican writer and professor of labor relations, law, and historyborn 1980
- Ifeoma Mabel OnyemelukweNigerian Professor of French and African Literatureborn 1950
- Ifeoma MbanugoNigerian long-distance runnerborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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