Imagine

Peak · girls
2001 · 12 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
136
since 1996

Imagine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Imagine has never cracked the top 8,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #8,196, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2019#15,5395
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2011#16,7645
2010#13,4487
2009#12,4298
2008#12,5798
2007#13,9247
2006#9,90111
2005#11,8348
2004#16,0995
2003#15,7845
2002#10,2469
2001#8,19612
2000#11,8017
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First appearance
1996

The first year at least five girls were named Imagine! It came in at #10,567, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Imagine is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Imagine in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1996
  • Peaked 2001 at #8,196 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 150,052
  • Highest: 1 in 150,052 girls born in 2001 were named Imagine (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 58.8% of all girls named Imagine (80) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s20#10,567 (1996)#11,276
2000s80#8,196 (2001)#12,279
2010s29#13,448 (2010)#14,887
2020s7#12,197 (2023)#12,197

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.

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