first name
IMANI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,080 people named Imani, 79.8% reported their origin as Black, 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.1% as two or more races. 95.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Imani peaked in 1998, when 1,272 babies got the name.
At least 29,212 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Imani by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #655. The largest share of babies named Imani, 52.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Imani is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Imani has been most common in District of Columbia (3.6×), Maryland (2.5×), and Georgia (2.2×), and least common in Iowa (0.11×).
26,491 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Imani
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Imani, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Imani ranks #35,521 of 156,621, with 682 people. See Imani as a last name
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