How Many People Are Named Ima?
people named Ima are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 246,598 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,806 babies named Ima in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
232 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of EMMA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ima in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ima alive today is about 77 years old, and 89% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 72 and 88 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ima first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1927, to 232 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ima has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #432, in 1894. In 2025 it ranked #12,399.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,399 |
| Best rank | #432 (1894) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #501 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ima alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ima were born in Texas than in any other state: about 246 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ima was given 6.9 times as often in Texas, 6.8 times in Oklahoma and 4.9 times in Arkansas.
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