Ima

Where Ima comes from

The dictionaries list Ima as a given name — a formerly common Anglo-American given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 100
    Ima Shalom born
    1st century CE wife of Eliezer ben Hurcanus, a Mishnaic sage, and sister of Rabban Gamaliel II
  2. 1882
    Ima Hogg born
    American philanthropist and arts patron
  3. 1886
    First appearance
    #778 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1894
    Peak, #429
    42 babies named Ima — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1956
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,622.
In the dictionary
  • A formerly common Anglo-American given name.
Namesakes
  • Ima Hogg · American philanthropist and arts patron, 1882–1975
  • Ima Shalom · 1st century CE wife of Eliezer ben Hurcanus, a Mishnaic sage, and sister of Rabban Gamaliel II, born 100
  • Ima Bohush · Belarusian tennis player, born 1990
  • Ima van Eysinga · Dutch painter, 1881–1958
  • Ima Garrastatxu Urbaneja · mayor of Durango (Bizcay), born 1963

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.