Iman
Iman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 92 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 920.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1996178 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1975
- 6,428people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,032 girls have been named Iman in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 178 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 31%.
Iman is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are boys (1,396), most of them born around 2024.
By decade
In 1996, its biggest year
Iman was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1996 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Iman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zeinabpeak 1999
- Acaciapeak 2002
- Hebapeak 2007
- Daysipeak 1996
- Maireadpeak 2002
- Ayshapeak 2024
- Janaipeak 2006
- Sadiapeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.