Girls' name · since 1915
Imogen
Imogen has 3,179 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,478 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,117 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,179
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Imogen is the #1117 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,179 recorded since 1915.
Imogen has 3,179 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1117 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #3,478 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,117 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,179 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Imogen ranks #3,478 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,117 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,179 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,478 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,117 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,179
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Imogen's 3,179 recorded births place it above 95.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Imogen compares
3,179 Top 18% higher than 82% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Imogen's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Imogen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,179 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 216 | 21 | 19,840 |
Imogen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Imogen's full recorded timeline at 2007, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 216 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Imogen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 216
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Imogen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,429 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Imogen's strongest decade.
1,429 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Imogen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 14
1910s
14 births
- 1920s 20
1920s
20 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1990s 50
1990s
50 births
- 2000s 503
2000s
503 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,429 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,158 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,429 births (45% of all-time use).
How Imogen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Imogen's total volume
Imogen by state
Where Imogen concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 383 | 12.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 230 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 188 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 114 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Washington | | 113 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 94 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 81 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 65 | 2.0% |
383 of 3,179 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Imogen appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Imogen's data
- Imogen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,429 total births) through the 2020s (1,158) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Imogens (383 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Imogen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Imogen 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.