NameTides

Imani

Imani was the #579 girls' name in the US in 2025 (512 babies), and #650 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Imani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Imani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaIreland
Imani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#579 (512)#650 (59)#718 (4)#916 (30)
2024#526 (585)#583 (67)—#993 (27)
2023#476 (647)#600 (63)—#808 (34)
2022#504 (627)#606 (63)#905 (3)#756 (36)
2021#530 (583)#674 (57)—#636 (46)
2020#522 (580)#655 (57)—#923 (29)
2019#521 (597)#694 (56)—#1,002 (26)
2018#515 (607)#689 (58)—#1,440 (16)
2017#541 (573)#715 (57)—#1,123 (22)
2016#541 (577)#594 (71)—#1,230 (20)
2015#533 (585)#794 (48)—#1,584 (14)
2014#499 (626)#963 (38)—#1,229 (20)
2013#482 (630)#733 (54)—#1,255 (19)
2012#387 (807)#701 (59)—#1,350 (18)
2011#392 (809)#692 (56)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #253.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Imani were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Imani is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Imani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #628NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #354MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #442NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #163MSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #280GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #467TXFlorida: #418FL
Imani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6696
Ontario2024#1,10010

Imani (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ImaniCanadaGirls#91630
ImaniCanadaBoys#2,2698
ImaniEngland & WalesGirls#65059
ImaniEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
ImaniIrelandGirls#7184
ImaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ImaniUSGirls#579512
ImaniUSBoys#2,99141