Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Imani

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
HebrewImmanuel
Short form of ; God is with us

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Virtue

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Imani

Pronunciation

i-ma-ni

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #2348, 58 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2991, 41 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #253, 1,221 births); most recent 2025 (rank #579, 512 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202541512
202445583
202354647
202247627
202158582
202032579
201940596
201823607
201735573
201625576

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #2727, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3655, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #505, 80 births); most recent 2025 (rank #650, 59 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025559
2024567
2023563
2022463
2021457
2020457
2019756
2018358
2017–57
2016–71

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #1886, 15 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1994, 13 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #634, 66 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20231366
20221550
20211137
2020338
20191135
2018732
20171042
2016328
2015424
2014–23

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #692, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20254
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence