Ima
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,806since 1886
Ima over time
Rank among girls' names. Ima has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 |
| 1949 | #1,278 | 51 |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 |
| 1947 | #1,255 | 52 |
| 1946 | #1,032 | 67 |
| 1945 | #889 | 72 |
| 1944 | #874 | 76 |
| 1943 | #879 | 79 |
| 1942 | #711 | 109 |
| 1941 | #702 | 100 |
| 1940 | #561 | 153 |
| 1939 | #553 | 146 |
| 1938 | #611 | 125 |
| 1937 | #534 | 154 |
| 1936 | #533 | 149 |
| 1935 | #482 | 171 |
| 1934 | #443 | 214 |
| 1933 | #460 | 204 |
| 1932 | #445 | 222 |
| 1931 | #450 | 204 |
| 1930 | #448 | 228 |
| 1929 | #470 | 202 |
| 1928 | #455 | 227 |
| 1927 | #457 | 232 |
| 1926 | #460 | 223 |
| 1925 | #465 | 219 |
| 1924 | #541 | 179 |
| 1923 | #563 | 166 |
| 1922 | #576 | 155 |
| 1921 | #550 | 167 |
| 1920 | #548 | 169 |
| 1919 | #597 | 139 |
| 1918 | #565 | 158 |
| 1917 | #550 | 149 |
| 1916 | #647 | 110 |
| 1915 | #629 | 109 |
| 1914 | #585 | 94 |
| 1913 | #628 | 67 |
| 1912 | #620 | 63 |
| 1911 | #610 | 49 |
| 1910 | #584 | 50 |
| 1909 | #500 | 56 |
| 1908 | #593 | 40 |
| 1907 | #564 | 42 |
| 1906 | #509 | 46 |
| 1905 | #506 | 45 |
| 1904 | #586 | 33 |
| 1903 | #504 | 40 |
| 1902 | #583 | 32 |
| 1901 | #559 | 30 |
| 1900 | #576 | 36 |
| 1899 | #480 | 37 |
| 1898 | #502 | 38 |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 |
| 1896 | #610 | 26 |
| 1895 | #565 | 28 |
| 1894 | #429 | 42 |
| 1893 | #547 | 26 |
| 1892 | #565 | 24 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Ima! It came in at #778, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ima is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#177 · 1 in 808
- New Mexico#189 · 1 in 729
- Texas#192 · 1 in 869
- Arkansas#207 · 1 in 1,035
- Tennessee#291 · 1 in 2,426
Best ever in a state: #126 in Oklahoma, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #177 | 32 | 1 in 808 |
| New Mexico | #189 | 6 | 1 in 729 |
| Texas | #192 | 71 | 1 in 869 |
| Arkansas | #207 | 21 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Tennessee | #291 | 12 | 1 in 2,426 |
| Missouri | #337 | 10 | 1 in 3,128 |
| Kentucky | #361 | 9 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Alabama | #381 | 9 | 1 in 3,665 |
| Georgia | #419 | 7 | 1 in 4,974 |
| Ohio | #551 | 5 | 1 in 11,043 |
| North Carolina | #555 | 5 | 1 in 7,949 |
| Illinois | #563 | 6 | 1 in 10,015 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ima
- 1,521 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1892 (#893 → #565)
- Biggest drop: 369 spots in 1887 (#778 → #1,147)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1894 at #429 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 62 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1890–1945
- Highest: 1 in 4,807 girls born in 1932 were named Ima (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #429 in 1894, was only 1 in 5,308 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.5% of all girls named Ima (1,939) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #778 (1886) | #961 |
| 1890s | 264 | #429 (1894) | #608 |
| 1900s | 400 | #500 (1909) | #548 |
| 1910s | 988 | #550 (1917) | #602 |
| 1920s | 1,939 | #455 (1928) | #509 |
| 1930s | 1,817 | #443 (1934) | #496 |
| 1940s | 827 | #561 (1940) | #925 |
| 1950s | 302 | #1,224 (1951) | #2,074 |
| 1960s | 114 | #3,264 (1965) | #4,129 |
| 1970s | 42 | #5,580 (1973) | #8,097 |
| 1980s | 30 | #7,418 (1980) | #9,921 |
| 1990s | 7 | #11,138 (1998) | #11,138 |
| 2000s | 13 | #13,010 (2005) | #13,082 |
| 2010s | 20 | #11,427 (2018) | #13,783 |
| 2020s | 13 | #11,932 (2025) | #12,693 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ima in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 5,559 of them was named Ima, which outranked 91.9% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.