Imogene

#2,514 for girls in 2025, 70 births · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #3,505
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1927 · 1,494 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,901
since 1880

Imogene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Imogene has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #157, 1927girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,51470
2024#2,46273
2023#2,89158
2022#2,49072
2021#2,71563
2020#2,63164
2019#2,75261
2018#3,49744
2017#3,24749
2016#3,41146
2015#4,29533
2014#3,71941
2013#5,31725
2012#4,95728
2011#8,61413
2010#9,23112
2009#8,45414
2008#12,5798
2007#11,6309
2006#10,61110
2005#10,12810
2004#11,6248
2003#13,8446
2002#13,5956
2001#8,75811
2000#15,0315
1999
1998#11,1387
1997#12,0706
1996#13,5185
1995#10,5147
1994
1993#13,4425
1992
1991#8,5889
1990#12,9585
1989#12,3625
1988#11,7985
1987#8,7787
1986#8,5237
1985
1984#5,53912
1983
1982#9,2376
1981#9,1106
1980#6,31910
1979#9,0106
1978#5,56311
1977#5,88810
1976#5,21511
1975#4,85412
1974#4,04115
1973#6,0808
1972#6,5587
1971#3,16621
1970#4,49212
1969#2,84422
1968#3,05718
1967#1,94736
1966#2,58622
1965#2,60522
1964#1,59351
1963#2,17230
1962#1,82639
1961#1,58051
1960#1,39362
1959#1,26272
1958#1,26670
1957#1,09691
1956#1,10587
1955#953107
1954#878119
1953#886113
1952#729148
1951#728143
1950#699151
1949#683150
1948#629172
1947#593206
1946#533219
1945#483224
1944#470234
1943#451273
1942#443272
1941#362340#3,5055
1940#336360
1939#307408
1938#297447#3,1756
1937#281491#2,9057
1936#261543#3,5495
1935#253614
1934#226768
1933#215788#3,0047
1932#196941
1931#201907
1930#1881,024#2,60910
1929#1741,179
1928#1631,314
1927#1571,494
1926#1721,253#3,7086
1925#1741,248#2,9369
1924#1821,247
1923#2001,001
1922#213916
1921#223839
1920#229804
1919#241702
1918#258590
1917#262564
1916#290423
1915#280444
1914#289333
1913#317227
1912#347172
1911#338137
1910#39898
1909#349107
1908#38588
1907#44864
1906#46553
1905#46453
1904#47448
1903#43254
1902#48542
1901#57729
1900#43159
1899#52632
1898#61927
1897#46240
1896#50434
1895#49934
1894#58625
1893#54726
1892#48931
1891#54123
1890#55822
1889#48626
1888#53322
1887#53717
1886#65712
1885#8427
1884
1883#51714
1882#53012
1881#44714
1880#49212
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Imogene was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Imogene
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 52 spots since 2024 (#2,462#2,514)
  • 117 spots since 2020 (#2,631#2,514)
  • 1,781 spots since 2015 (#4,295#2,514)
  • Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1886 (#842#657)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1898 (#462#619)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1927 at #157 (1,494 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1885–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 798
  • Highest: 1 in 798 girls born in 1927 were named Imogene (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,961 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 40.5% of all girls named Imogene (11,295) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s136#447 (1881)#560
1890s294#462 (1897)#533
1900s597#349 (1909)#451
1910s3,690#241 (1919)#302
1920s11,295#157 (1927)#189
1930s6,931#188 (1930)#243
1940s2,450#336 (1940)#498
1950s1,101#699 (1950)#960
1960s353#1,393 (1960)#2,160
1970s113#3,166 (1971)#5,487
1980s58#5,539 (1984)#8,958
1990s44#8,588 (1991)#11,747
2000s87#8,454 (2009)#11,625
2010s352#2,752 (2019)#4,904
2020s400#2,462 (2024)#2,617

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Imogene in 1897

girls
#462
40 births · 1 in 5,855 girls

Top girls' names in 1897

  1. #1Mary13,413
  2. #2Anna5,429
  3. #3Helen4,519
  4. #4Margaret4,146
  5. #5Ruth3,878
  6. #6Elizabeth3,442
  7. #7Florence3,369
  8. #8Ethel3,182
  9. #9Marie3,078
  10. #10Emma2,698
  11. #462Imogene40
More about 1897

girls

234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 5,855 of them was named Imogene, which outranked 74.3% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Imogene
  1. #458Esta41
  2. #458Idella41
  3. #458Leatha41
  4. #462Imogene40
  5. #462Dena40
  6. #462Donnie40
  7. #462Georgiana40
  8. #466Ettie39
  9. #466Harriette39
  10. #468Melvina38

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. 688Lupe#1,583#895
  2. 652Carl#1,583#931
  3. 652Dortha#1,583#931
  4. 652Judy#1,583#931
  5. 630Dagmar#1,416#786
Fallers
  1. 848Myrta#707#1,555
  2. 848Ouida#707#1,555
  3. 712Jeanie#843#1,555
  4. 652Orrie#903#1,555
  5. 605Louetta#950#1,555

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897