Unisex name · since 1991
Imar
Imar has 33 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,139 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,125 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 33
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
33 babies have been named Imar since 1991, making it today's #11125 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Imar recorded 33 times among boys since 1991, holding rank #11125 nationally today, ahead of 20% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #25,139 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,125 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 33 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Imar ranks #25,139 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,125 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 33 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,139 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,125 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 33
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Imar's 33 recorded births place it above 44.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Imar compares
33 12th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Imar's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Imar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 33 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Imar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Imar splits its recorded history at 2021: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Imar popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Imar popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 2010 (Imar as girls' name)
Imar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Imar's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Imar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (52% of all-time use).
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Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Imar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.