Recorded 1969–2025 · United States
Imari was most popular in 2003, when 161 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,263 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,826, with 47 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,451 people named Imari.
Imari first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 50 of the 57 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,451 American births named Imari between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,400 are estimated to be alive today.
47 American babies were named Imari in 2025, ranking #5,826 that year.
Imari is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 52 births a year, against 65 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -20% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Imari is a unisex name — 68.5% of the 3,451 Americans given it were girls and 31.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 39% girls and 61% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,400 Americans named Imari are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 23 years old, and half are between 15 and 29.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org