The first name Ima
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A formerly common Anglo-American given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Ima last appeared in the official list in 2024, given to 9 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Ima with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Ima at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 7 girls born in the United States were named Ima, the 12,403rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1927, when 232 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Ima
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Ima HoggAmerican philanthropist and arts patron (1882–1975)
Questions
- How popular is the name Ima?
- In 2024, 9 girls born in England and Wales were named Ima, ranking 2,771st.
- Is Ima a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 6,806 US babies named Ima since 1880 were girls.
- When was Ima most popular?
- 1927 in the United States, when 232 babies were named Ima, its highest rank at 457th.