Imogen

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Imogen: Recorded since 1979, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #26 in 2010, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
123times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#26highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Imogen's record

Held a top-100 place for 29 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 2,045 births with the name in 2010, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 29 years. Names by sustained share
Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#91
1997	#94
1998	#57
1999	#46
2000	#47
2001	#56
2002	#60
2003	#61
2004	#67
2005	#65
2006	#48
2007	#33
2008	#33
2009	#32
2010	#26
2011	#32
2012	#37
2013	#34
2014	#34
2015	#34
2016	#37
2017	#39
2018	#41
2019	#45
2020	#52
2021	#48
2022	#61
2023	#58
2024	#64

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 Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 47 years from 1979 to 2025.

In 2024: #64 among girls in England and Wales, #86 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #97 among girls in Scotland, #119 among girls in Northern Ireland, #275 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1979–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #26 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Imogen appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1979, and has registered 317 births with the name.

Imogen across 5 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.

Imogen'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#523 (1979)	#255 (2020)	#483 (2025)	33 of 47	317 (1979–2025)	18 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#91 (1996)	#26 (2010)	#64 (2024)	29 of 29	33,758 (1996–2024)	2,045 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#261 (1998)	#103 (2007)	#119 (2024)	27 of 27	351 (1998–2024)	23 (2016)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#90 (2001)	#33 (2013)	#86 (2024)	24 of 24	2,942 (2001–2024)	181 (2013)
New Zealand · Girls	#100 (2005)	#56 (2009)	#81 (2022)	9 of 18	443 (2005–2022)	68 (2009)

Imogen by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Imogen in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	26	6 of 10	4
2000s	80	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	131	10 of 10	13
2020s	77	6 of 10	13

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Imogen appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in England and Wales in 2010.

Imogen'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	#64	691	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#58	762	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#61	792	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#48	998	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#52	932	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#45	1,075	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#41	1,179	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#39	1,284	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#37	1,400	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#34	1,478	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#34	1,463	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#34	1,538	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#37	1,454	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#32	1,773	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#26	2,045	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#32	1,741	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#33	1,712	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#33	1,568	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#48	1,176	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#65	868	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#67	799	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#61	891	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#60	890	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#56	916	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#47	1,091	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#46	1,197	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#57	942	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#94	548	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#91	555	High	Verified
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	154	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	181	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	148	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	154	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New Zealand	female	#81	51	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#74	51	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#81	48	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#98	46	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#71	51	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#91	46	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#100	43	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#56	68	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#100	39	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#119	17	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#178	10	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#121	18	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#143	16	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#134	15	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#119	18	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#143	16	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#154	14	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#108	23	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#110	22	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#152	14	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#146	13	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#114	22	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#133	17	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#185	11	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#103	21	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#184	10	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#185	8	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#191	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#181	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	13	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	17	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#395	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#361	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	16	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	14	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	15	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	18	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	17	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#323	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#97	43	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1979 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #26, first reached in 2010.

It held a top-100 place in 29 years, 29 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,045 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Immanuel · #451, 29y
Immy · #2201, 10y
Imogen-Rose · #1681, 13y
Imraan · #1655, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, 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.

Alyssa · #25, 33y
Brandon · #27, 34y
Harvey · #27, 31y
Asher · #28, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Hayden · #26, 52y
Kyle · #26, 50y
Rhys · #25, 46y
Shea · #25, 32y

Imogen was ranked #26 in England and Wales · Girls in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Imogen 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 Imogen without appearing here.

Imogen moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #490 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #293 and #910.
Astrid Compare
In 2006 they stood at #523 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #373 and #842.
Tracey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #576 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #373 and #842.
Jude Compare
In 2011 they stood at #550 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #474 and #907.

Moved ahead of Imogen

Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #361 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #395 and #180.
Alex Compare
In 2024 they stood at #275 and #504 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #483 and #304.
Alyssa Compare
In 2024 they stood at #275 and #372 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #483 and #325.
Hanna Compare
In 2006 they stood at #372 and #398 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #373 and #222.

Moved the opposite way to Imogen

Camilla Compare
Between 1979 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Imogen went from #523 to #275 while Camilla went from #363 to #556.
Danielle Compare
Between 1979 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Imogen went from #523 to #275 while Danielle went from #161 to #504.
Donna Compare
Between 1979 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Imogen went from #523 to #275 while Donna went from #76 to #736.
Katrina Compare
Between 1979 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Imogen went from #523 to #275 while Katrina went from #187 to #898.

Moved the same way as Imogen

Annie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Imogen went from #261 to #119 and Annie from #109 to #11.
Aoife Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Imogen went from #261 to #119 and Aoife from #19 to #4.
Ava Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Imogen went from #261 to #119 and Ava from #351 to #32.
Cara Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Imogen went from #261 to #119 and Cara from #78 to #33.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Imogen

Imogen at a glance

What stands out in Imogen's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Imogen across 5 official records

Imogen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Imogen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Imogen

Imogen and the names beside it

Imogen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Imogen

Moved the opposite way to Imogen

Moved the same way as Imogen

Imogen at a glance

What stands out in Imogen's record

Imogen across 5 official records

Imogen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Imogen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Imogen

Imogen and the names beside it

Imogen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Imogen

Moved the opposite way to Imogen

Moved the same way as Imogen