Imani — #526 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Imani

The Social Security Administration has registered 27,296 babies named Imani between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Imani currently holds the #526 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 1,222 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Imani performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8,823 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Imani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,269 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Imani in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Imani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 27,296 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.