Boys' name · since 1958
Imre
Since 1958, U.S. Social Security records show 188 babies named Imre, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,340 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,865 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Imre is the #9865 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 188 recorded since 1958.
Imre has 188 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9865 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2025.
- #13,340 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,865 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 188 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Imre ranks #13,340 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,865 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 188 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #13,340 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,865 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Imre's 188 recorded births place it above 70.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Imre compares
188 37th 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
Imre's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Imre | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 188 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Imre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Imre splits its recorded history at 2007: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Imre popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Imre by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (53 births, 28% of the file).
1960s was Imre's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Imre births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
53 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 53 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Imre's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2020s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Imre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1958–2025 (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 Imre 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.