Imogene
Imogene was given to 70 girls in 2025, #2,521 among girls’ names; 27,956 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,120 Americans named Imogene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (18% of everyone recorded); the median is 80 years old and half are between 65 and 89.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Imogene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Imogene?
#2,521 among girls’ names, 2025
Imogene rose from #4,338 in 2015 to #2,521 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 18.5 to 43.6 per million.
1,494 babies in 1927, the peak
Imogene peaked in 1927, when 1,494 girls were given it, #157 among girls’ names. The 70 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,521 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,474 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,915 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,497 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,734 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,642 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,766 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,529 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,268 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,433 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 33 | #4,338 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,742 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,378 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 28 | #5,017 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,819 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,442 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,611 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,049 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,997 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,887 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,405 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,035 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,540 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,258 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,977 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,956 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,590 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,663 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,327 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,942 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,317 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,851 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,783 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,109 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,483 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,134 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,870 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,653 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,632 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,513 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,462 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,399 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,688 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,035 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,343 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,959 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,100 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,286 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,808 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,202 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,593 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,869 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,088 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,961 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,612 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,625 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,600 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,179 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,837 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,584 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 62 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 72 | #1,266 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 70 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 91 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 87 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 107 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 119 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 113 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 148 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 143 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 151 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 150 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 172 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 206 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 219 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1945 | 224 | #483 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 234 | #470 | 0.18 |
| 1943 | 273 | #451 | 0.20 |
| 1942 | 272 | #443 | 0.20 |
| 1941 | 340 | #362 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 360 | #336 | 0.31 |
| 1939 | 408 | #308 | 0.37 |
| 1938 | 447 | #297 | 0.41 |
| 1937 | 491 | #281 | 0.46 |
| 1936 | 543 | #261 | 0.52 |
| 1935 | 614 | #253 | 0.59 |
| 1934 | 768 | #226 | 0.74 |
| 1933 | 788 | #215 | 0.78 |
| 1932 | 941 | #196 | 0.88 |
| 1931 | 907 | #201 | 0.85 |
| 1930 | 1,024 | #188 | 0.91 |
| 1929 | 1,179 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 1928 | 1,314 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1927 | 1,494 | #157 | 1.3 |
| 1926 | 1,253 | #172 | 1.1 |
| 1925 | 1,248 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1924 | 1,247 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1923 | 1,001 | #200 | 0.83 |
| 1922 | 916 | #213 | 0.76 |
| 1921 | 839 | #223 | 0.68 |
| 1920 | 804 | #229 | 0.67 |
| 1919 | 702 | #241 | 0.62 |
| 1918 | 590 | #258 | 0.51 |
| 1917 | 564 | #262 | 0.52 |
| 1916 | 423 | #290 | 0.41 |
| 1915 | 444 | #280 | 0.45 |
| 1914 | 333 | #289 | 0.44 |
| 1913 | 227 | #317 | 0.36 |
| 1912 | 172 | #349 | 0.31 |
| 1911 | 137 | #338 | 0.33 |
| 1910 | 98 | #398 | 0.25 |
| 1909 | 107 | #350 | 0.31 |
| 1908 | 88 | #386 | 0.26 |
| 1907 | 64 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1906 | 53 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1905 | 53 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1904 | 48 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 54 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1902 | 42 | #488 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 29 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 59 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1899 | 32 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1898 | 27 | #627 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 40 | #465 | 0.17 |
| 1896 | 34 | #509 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 34 | #505 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 25 | #587 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 26 | #555 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 31 | #490 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 23 | #550 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 22 | #565 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 26 | #490 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 22 | #537 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 17 | #543 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 12 | #677 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 7 | #872 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 14 | #530 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 12 | #547 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 14 | #457 | 0.15 |
| 1880 | 12 | #505 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Imogene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Imogene has been given almost only to girls: 55 boys in 140 years of records.
Girls and boys named Imogene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Imogene, and how old are they?
5,120 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 18% of the 27,956 Americans ever recorded as Imogene. The median Imogene alive today is 80 years old; half are between 65 and 89.
The 2020 Census counted 6,799 people named Imogene (6,787 women and girls, 12 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,649 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,310 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,530 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 223 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 77 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 152 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 695 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Imogene born?
The states with the most babies named Imogene are Texas, Kentucky and Oklahoma, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Oklahoma are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,660 | #3,074 | 1.7× |
| Kentucky | 2,240 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Oklahoma | 2,117 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| Tennessee | 1,959 | #1,204 | 2.7× |
| Arkansas | 1,591 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| Alabama | 1,478 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Missouri | 1,414 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 1,346 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 1,131 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Indiana | 1,056 | not ranked | 1.5× |
Where Imogene is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Imogene is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 3.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Imogene with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 28,700 babies since 1880, Imogene is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 70 of their 70 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Imogene
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Imogene and names like it
- Compare Imogene and ImageneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sImogene peaked in 1927.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Imogene since 1910.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Imogene.
- The names of the Silent GenerationMost people named Imogene alive today were born 1928-1945.
- Names starting with IMost given first.