Imogene
#2,514 for girls in 2025, 70 births · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #3,505
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 1,494 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 27,901since 1880
Imogene over time
Rank among girls' names. Imogene has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,514 | 70 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,462 | 73 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,891 | 58 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,490 | 72 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,715 | 63 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,631 | 64 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,752 | 61 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | — | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,593 | 51 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,393 | 62 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,262 | 72 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,266 | 70 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,096 | 91 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,105 | 87 | — | |
| 1955 | #953 | 107 | — | |
| 1954 | #878 | 119 | — | |
| 1953 | #886 | 113 | — | |
| 1952 | #729 | 148 | — | |
| 1951 | #728 | 143 | — | |
| 1950 | #699 | 151 | — | |
| 1949 | #683 | 150 | — | |
| 1948 | #629 | 172 | — | |
| 1947 | #593 | 206 | — | |
| 1946 | #533 | 219 | — | |
| 1945 | #483 | 224 | — | |
| 1944 | #470 | 234 | — | |
| 1943 | #451 | 273 | — | |
| 1942 | #443 | 272 | — | |
| 1941 | #362 | 340 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #336 | 360 | — | |
| 1939 | #307 | 408 | — | |
| 1938 | #297 | 447 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #281 | 491 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #261 | 543 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #253 | 614 | — | |
| 1934 | #226 | 768 | — | |
| 1933 | #215 | 788 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #196 | 941 | — | |
| 1931 | #201 | 907 | — | |
| 1930 | #188 | 1,024 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #174 | 1,179 | — | |
| 1928 | #163 | 1,314 | — | |
| 1927 | #157 | 1,494 | — | |
| 1926 | #172 | 1,253 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #174 | 1,248 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #182 | 1,247 | — | |
| 1923 | #200 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1922 | #213 | 916 | — | |
| 1921 | #223 | 839 | — | |
| 1920 | #229 | 804 | — | |
| 1919 | #241 | 702 | — | |
| 1918 | #258 | 590 | — | |
| 1917 | #262 | 564 | — | |
| 1916 | #290 | 423 | — | |
| 1915 | #280 | 444 | — | |
| 1914 | #289 | 333 | — | |
| 1913 | #317 | 227 | — | |
| 1912 | #347 | 172 | — | |
| 1911 | #338 | 137 | — | |
| 1910 | #398 | 98 | — | |
| 1909 | #349 | 107 | — | |
| 1908 | #385 | 88 | — | |
| 1907 | #448 | 64 | — | |
| 1906 | #465 | 53 | — | |
| 1905 | #464 | 53 | — | |
| 1904 | #474 | 48 | — | |
| 1903 | #432 | 54 | — | |
| 1902 | #485 | 42 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #431 | 59 | — | |
| 1899 | #526 | 32 | — | |
| 1898 | #619 | 27 | — | |
| 1897 | #462 | 40 | — | |
| 1896 | #504 | 34 | — | |
| 1895 | #499 | 34 | — | |
| 1894 | #586 | 25 | — | |
| 1893 | #547 | 26 | — | |
| 1892 | #489 | 31 | — | |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 | — | |
| 1890 | #558 | 22 | — | |
| 1889 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1888 | #533 | 22 | — | |
| 1887 | #537 | 17 | — | |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #517 | 14 | — | |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 | — | |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 | — | |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Imogene was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Imogene is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#115 · 1 in 486
- Tennessee#121 · 1 in 550
- West Virginia#132 · 1 in 592
- Oklahoma#133 · 1 in 571
- Arkansas#135 · 1 in 597
Best ever in a state: #29 in Oklahoma, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #115 | 53 | 1 in 486 |
| Tennessee | #121 | 48 | 1 in 550 |
| West Virginia | #132 | 31 | 1 in 592 |
| Oklahoma | #133 | 35 | 1 in 571 |
| Arkansas | #135 | 29 | 1 in 597 |
| Alabama | #149 | 45 | 1 in 630 |
| Missouri | #173 | 27 | 1 in 957 |
| Georgia | #180 | 35 | 1 in 839 |
| Indiana | #188 | 16 | 1 in 1,449 |
| North Carolina | #219 | 25 | 1 in 1,425 |
| Kansas | #222 | 8 | 1 in 1,555 |
| Mississippi | #234 | 17 | 1 in 1,252 |
| South Carolina | #249 | 12 | 1 in 1,664 |
| Maryland | #251 | 5 | 1 in 2,223 |
| Texas | #261 | 41 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Ohio | #268 | 17 | 1 in 2,759 |
| Illinois | #280 | 19 | 1 in 2,660 |
| Michigan | #283 | 12 | 1 in 3,230 |
| Virginia | #284 | 9 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Wisconsin | #306 | 6 | 1 in 3,787 |
| Louisiana | #319 | 10 | 1 in 2,048 |
| Pennsylvania | #522 | 7 | 1 in 10,150 |
| California | #585 | 5 | 1 in 7,364 |
| New York | #659 | 5 | 1 in 16,380 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| 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 Imogene
- 52 spots since 2024 (#2,462 → #2,514)
- 117 spots since 2020 (#2,631 → #2,514)
- 1,781 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #2,514)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1886 (#842 → #657)
- Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1898 (#462 → #619)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1927 at #157 (1,494 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1885–1955
- Highest: 1 in 798 girls born in 1927 were named Imogene (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,961 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 40.5% of all girls named Imogene (11,295) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 136 | #447 (1881) | #560 |
| 1890s | 294 | #462 (1897) | #533 |
| 1900s | 597 | #349 (1909) | #451 |
| 1910s | 3,690 | #241 (1919) | #302 |
| 1920s | 11,295 | #157 (1927) | #189 |
| 1930s | 6,931 | #188 (1930) | #243 |
| 1940s | 2,450 | #336 (1940) | #498 |
| 1950s | 1,101 | #699 (1950) | #960 |
| 1960s | 353 | #1,393 (1960) | #2,160 |
| 1970s | 113 | #3,166 (1971) | #5,487 |
| 1980s | 58 | #5,539 (1984) | #8,958 |
| 1990s | 44 | #8,588 (1991) | #11,747 |
| 2000s | 87 | #8,454 (2009) | #11,625 |
| 2010s | 352 | #2,752 (2019) | #4,904 |
| 2020s | 400 | #2,462 (2024) | #2,617 |
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.
Imogene in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 1,916 of them was named Imogene, which outranked 94.6% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 207,441 of them was named Imogene, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 488 names at #3,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.