Feminine dossier · first seen 1886

Ima

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ima
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1927

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

232

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1886Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

6,799

Ima is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1927, when 232 girls were named Ima.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 6,799 Americans have been named Ima and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1886.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1927

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