Imari

maleStatistical record

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

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

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#3449highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2016

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2011	#5785
2016	#5785

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 3 of the 15 years from 2002 to 2016.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2015–2024
Highest recorded position: #3449 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 2015–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Imari appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 7 ranked years and 28 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 2002.

Imari across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Imari's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#4137 (2002)	#5785 (2016)	3 of 15	9 (2002–2016)	3 (2002)
England and Wales · Boys	#3908 (2015)	#3449 (2017)	#3688 (2024)	7 of 10	28 (2015–2024)	5 (2016)

Imari appears in

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

Names that came back more than once

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3449 in England and Wales in 2017.

Imari'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	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 9 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,449, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
5births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 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

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Imani · #505, 30y
Imara · #2253, 22y
Imelda · #80, 53y
Imisioluwa · #2888, 9y

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.

Lleu · #3449, 10y
Abigel · #3447, 14y
Alesio · #3451, 10y
Azara · #3447, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Lleu · #3449, 10y
Abigel · #3447, 14y
Alesio · #3451, 10y
Azara · #3447, 12y

Imari 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 Imari without appearing here.

Imari moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Imari

Rune Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3478 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #3449.
Tor Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3478 and #4023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #3449.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3449 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Imari

Imari at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Imari across 2 official records

Imari appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Imari and the names beside it

Imari moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Imari

Imari at a glance

Imari across 2 official records

Imari appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Imari and the names beside it

Imari moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Imari