Imara
Imara was the 3008th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2990th; the most babies were born in 2023 (56). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,551 places. More babies were named Imara in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,008 girls, up 4,029 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 55girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202356 babies
- Total since 1880
- 720babies recorded
Imara popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,008 | 55 |
| 2020 | #7,037 | 16 |
| 2010 | #8,426 | 14 |
| 2000 | #6,938 | 15 |
| 1990 | #9,580 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1950 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Imara, counting every spelling?
Imara is the most common spelling of a name family that had 55 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 55 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imara | 55 | #3,008 | 242 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Imara?
55 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Imara (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Imara born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 152 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Imara.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Imara?
About 700 people born in the US named Imara are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 4 and 21. That makes Imara a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Imara by state
How common Imara was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.6×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Imara: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Imara, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Imara
How popular is the name Imara?
Imara was the 3008th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2990th; the most babies were born in 2023 (56). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,551 places. More babies were named Imara in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Imara a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Imara in the US.
Where is Imara most popular?
In 2021–2025, Imara was most common in California (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Texas.