Imani
Imani is ranked 526th among girls in 2024 (583 births). Its best rank was 239th, in 1996.
- Rank in 2024
- #526down 50 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5830.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 19981,222 births
- Best rank
- #239in 1996
- Since 1970
- 28,649people given the name
The story in the numbers
27,296 girls have been named Imani in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 1,222 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 500 → 526).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 32%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 1,353 boys have also been given it, 4.7% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Imani was the 253rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Imani
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lakotapeak 1997
- Baileypeak 1998
- Rayvenpeak 2004
- Kassidipeak 1998
- Mikaelapeak 1997
- Kamripeak 1996
- Kailahpeak 2002
- Maireadpeak 2002
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.