How rare is the name Imogene?

6,799 people in the United States have the first name Imogene, about 1 in 44,423. It ranks #3,189 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

IMOGENE

#3,189

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,799
About
1 in 44,423
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,799 people named Imogene, 77.5% reported their origin as White, 16.1% as Black and 2.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Imogene peaked in 1927, when 1,494 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1927
Births that year
1,494
In 2025*
70 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 27,956 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Imogene by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #331. The largest share of babies named Imogene, 46.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,071136
1890s#856294
1900s#690597
1910s#4963,690
1920s#33111,310
1930s#4326,966
1940s#8792,455
1950s#1,5981,101
1960s#3,161353
1970s#7,690113
1980s#13,68058
1990s#20,02444
2000s#17,73187
2010s#7,167352
2020s#4,622400
Before 19011.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–2746.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4539.9%
Baby boom 1946–647.4%
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–960.3%
Generation Z 1997–120.5%
2013 and later2.5%

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 Imogene is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Imogene has been most common in Oklahoma (6.5×), Arkansas (6.1×), and Kentucky (5.4×), and least common in California (0.1×).

23,812 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 Imogene

#3,187 Bettina · 6,807#3,188 Giovani · 6,805#3,190 Cornell · 6,794#3,190 Ramsey · 6,794

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Imogene, most common first.

#7,020 Imogen · 2,221#42,229 Imagene · 171#44,078 Imagine · 158

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