Ima
Ima is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 432nd, in 1894.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1927232 births
- Best rank
- #432in 1894
- Since 1886
- 6,799people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,799 girls have been named Ima in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 232 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 232 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 29%. It has spent 58 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ima | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | |
| 1890s | 264 | |
| 1900s | 400 | |
| 1910s | 988 | |
| 1920s | 1,939 | |
| 1930s | 1,817 | |
| 1940s | 827 | |
| 1950s | 302 | |
| 1960s | 114 | |
| 1970s | 42 | |
| 1980s | 30 | |
| 1990s | 7 | |
| 2000s | 13 | |
| 2010s | 20 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Ima was the 457th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Ima
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ouidapeak 1924
- Wavapeak 1924
- Wildapeak 1926
- Williapeak 1928
- Bernardinepeak 1925
- Freedapeak 1924
- Claricepeak 1921
- Rebapeak 1925
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.