Imara

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Imara: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Imara: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #2,253, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2253highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2002	#4137
2004	#3725
2007	#5201
2008	#2721
2009	#4564
2010	#2589
2011	#5785
2012	#3285
2013	#3536
2014	#4003
2015	#2705
2016	#4096
2017	#4763
2018	#3518
2019	#3151
2020	#3899
2021	#2942
2022	#2325
2023	#2927
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2701 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Imara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Imara in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	61	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	44	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Imara appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2253 in England and Wales in 2024.

Imara's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,253, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adesuwa · #2253, 17y
Chavi · #2253, 21y
Chizara · #2253, 20y
Devanshi · #2253, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adesuwa · #2253, 17y
Chavi · #2253, 21y
Devanshi · #2253, 17y
Ebunoluwa · #2253, 25y

Imara and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Imara without appearing here.

Imara moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.
Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4003 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Imara

Eabha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #3156 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2705 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2233.

Moved the opposite way to Imara

Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Imara went from #4137 to #2253 while Teddy went from #4137 to #5891.
Hayden Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Imara went from #5201 to #2253 while Hayden went from #1741 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Imara

Francis Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Imara went from #4564 to #2253 and Francis from #5556 to #2574.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2253 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Imara

Imara at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Imara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Imara appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Imara at a glance

Imara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Imara appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Imara and the names beside it

Imara moved ahead of

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