Imhotep — boys' name

What the Data Says About Imhotep

The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Imhotep between 1981 and 2021, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Imhotep currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Imhotep performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Imhotep shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Imhotep 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 43 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.