# Ijeoma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ijeoma/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “good journey”, “safe journey (general)”, “good journey in life” |
| Pronunciation | /ɪ.d͡ʒi.oʊ.mə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 491 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 491 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 67, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Igbo ijèọma (“good journey, safe journey (general); good journey in life”).

## What it means

Ijeoma is grouped under life.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8 | 11,719 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,038 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,695 |
| 2006 | 11 | 10,168 |
| 2007 | 12 | 9,776 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,569 |
| 2010 | 14 | 8,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,539 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,861 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,337 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,772 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,476 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,237 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,808 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,776 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Ijeoma

- Ijeoma Queenth Daniels, association football player (born 1992)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.