Imogene
Imogene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. Its best rank was 157th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 730.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19271,494 births
- Best rank
- #157in 1927
- Since 1880
- 27,831people given the name
The story in the numbers
27,831 girls have been named Imogene in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 1,494 births — 0.13% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 73 births in 2024, against 1,494 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 41%. It has spent 75 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Imogene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 136 | |
| 1890s | 294 | |
| 1900s | 597 | |
| 1910s | 3,690 | |
| 1920s | 11,295 | |
| 1930s | 6,931 | |
| 1940s | 2,450 | |
| 1950s | 1,101 | |
| 1960s | 353 | |
| 1970s | 113 | |
| 1980s | 58 | |
| 1990s | 44 | |
| 2000s | 87 | |
| 2010s | 352 | |
| 2020s | 330 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Imogene was the 157th 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 Imogene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emogenepeak 1927
- Dorispeak 1928
- Jaunitapeak 1924
- Ardellepeak 1925
- Dorrispeak 1924
- Maudinepeak 1925
- Marcellinepeak 1928
- Lavernepeak 1924
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.