# Ima (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ima/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,806 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,806 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 27, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 8,837 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,327 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,654 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,553 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,865 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,963 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,114 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,593 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,804 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,539 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,697 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,700 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,831 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,113 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,403 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |

## People named Ima

- Ima Hogg, American philanthropist and arts patron (1882–1975)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.