# Iman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/iman/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,609 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,485 / 5,124 (78% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,913, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

See iman.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 117 | 1,749 |
| 2012 | 98 | 1,988 |
| 2013 | 96 | 2,025 |
| 2014 | 112 | 1,823 |
| 2015 | 105 | 1,924 |
| 2016 | 106 | 1,902 |
| 2017 | 105 | 1,922 |
| 2018 | 85 | 2,196 |
| 2019 | 108 | 1,868 |
| 2020 | 104 | 1,864 |
| 2021 | 84 | 2,219 |
| 2022 | 109 | 1,859 |
| 2023 | 81 | 2,278 |
| 2024 | 92 | 2,086 |
| 2025 | 91 | 2,072 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,373 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,926 |
| 2013 | 27 | 3,794 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,602 |
| 2015 | 28 | 3,816 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,819 |
| 2017 | 40 | 2,971 |
| 2018 | 73 | 2,003 |
| 2019 | 66 | 2,156 |
| 2020 | 50 | 2,565 |
| 2021 | 82 | 1,876 |
| 2022 | 81 | 1,925 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,298 |
| 2024 | 84 | 1,895 |
| 2025 | 89 | 1,798 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 480 |
| 2012 | 103 | 440 |
| 2013 | 87 | 484 |
| 2014 | 70 | 589 |
| 2015 | 60 | 674 |
| 2016 | 93 | 468 |
| 2017 | 76 | 565 |
| 2018 | 63 | 641 |
| 2019 | 61 | 641 |
| 2020 | 55 | 674 |
| 2021 | 48 | 767 |
| 2022 | 55 | 676 |
| 2023 | 52 | 694 |
| 2024 | 65 | 603 |
| 2025 | 48 | 763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Iman

- Iman Vellani, Canadian-Pakistani actress
- Iman Shumpert, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Iman Mersal, Egyptian poet
- Iman Essa Jasim, Bahraini athlete
- Iman Crosson, American actor and comedian
- Iman Issa, Egyptian multi-disciplinary artist (born 1979)

## 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.