Imo — girls' name

What the Data Says About Imo

The Social Security Administration has registered 903 babies named Imo between 1885 and 1957, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Imo currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Imo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 286 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Imo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Imo in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Imo 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 903 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.