Imo
Recorded 1885–1983 · United States
Imo was most popular in 1922, when 34 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,492 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 908 people named Imo.
Imo over time
How old is the name Imo?
Imo first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1885, which makes it about 140 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 61 of the 141 years since. It was last recorded in 1983.
How many people are named Imo?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 908 American births named Imo 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 106 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Imo in 2025?
Imo was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Imo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Imo is a girl’s name — 99.5% of the 908 Americans given it were girls and 0.5% were 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.
How old is someone named Imo?
Roughly 106 Americans named Imo are alive today — 12% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 86 years old, and half are between 80 and 92. That is a narrow band: Imo arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
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.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org