Imre

maleStatistical record

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

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

Imre: Recorded since 1961, with a gap of 17 years, it reached #179 in 2009, and it stood at #317 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
65years from first to last
#179highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Imre's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2014–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2014	#4632
2018	#3412
2023	#4991

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 31 of the 65 years from 1961 to 2025.

In 2023: #276 among boys in Norway, #4991 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1961–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1961
First recorded at #434 among boys in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1961–2025
Highest recorded position: #179 among boys in Norway, in 2009 (recorded 1961–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #317 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Imre appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1961, and has registered 482 births with the name.

Imre 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.

Imre'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
Norway · Boys	#434 (1961)	#179 (2009)	#317 (2025)	31 of 65	482 (1961–2025)	34 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#4632 (2014)	#3412 (2018)	#4991 (2023)	3 of 10	11 (2014–2023)	5 (2018)

Imre by decade in Norway · Boys

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 Imre in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	7	1 of 10	7
1980s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	159	10 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	218	10 of 10	22
2020s	80	6 of 10	13

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Imre 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 2 regions, from 1961 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #179 in Norway in 2009.

Imre'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#317	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#249	17	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#276	15	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#291	13	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#284	13	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#299	11	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#243	19	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#262	17	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#246	20	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#265	18	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#253	20	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#246	20	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#187	31	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#198	28	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#210	25	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#240	20	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#179	34	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#231	22	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#254	19	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#237	20	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#253	17	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#315	11	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#273	15	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#475	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#361	9	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#421	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#512	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#591	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#622	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#494	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#434	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1961 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #179, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in Norway in 2009.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 53 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.

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Imtiyaz · #1889, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Muriel · #179, 26y
Iwona · #181, 36y
Mortimer · #181, 26y
Gavan · #182, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Collette · #179, 49y
Ignatius · #179, 26y
Muriel · #179, 26y
Cait · #178, 53y

Imre was ranked #179 in Norway · Boys in 2009. 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.

Imre 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 Imre without appearing here.

Imre moved ahead of

Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #475 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #273 and #552.
Arild Compare
In 2004 they stood at #315 and #312 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #253 and #518.
Frode Compare
In 2002 they stood at #475 and #342 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #273 and #529.
Ben Compare
In 2002 they stood at #475 and #321 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #273 and #525.

Moved ahead of Imre

Kasper Compare
In 1988 they stood at #494 and #498 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #622 and #274.
Sander Compare
In 1988 they stood at #494 and #595 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #622 and #340.
Adrian Compare
In 1978 they stood at #434 and #456 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #494 and #227.
Isak Compare
In 1988 they stood at #494 and #529 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #622 and #356.

Moved the opposite way to Imre

Geir Compare
Between 1961 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Imre went from #434 to #249 while Geir went from #4 to #482.
Paul Compare
Between 1961 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Imre went from #434 to #249 while Paul went from #80 to #370.
Rune Compare
Between 1961 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Imre went from #434 to #249 while Rune went from #6 to #498.
Tommy Compare
Between 1961 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Imre went from #434 to #249 while Tommy went from #73 to #503.

Moved the same way as Imre

Julian Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imre went from #622 to #317 and Julian from #201 to #54.
Phillip Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imre went from #622 to #317 and Phillip from #552 to #268.
Theodor Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imre went from #622 to #317 and Theodor from #439 to #11.
Birk Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imre went from #591 to #317 and Birk from #285 to #18.

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 2 regions, from 1961 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #179 in Norway in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Imre

Imre at a glance

What stands out in Imre's record

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Popularity journey

Imre across 2 official records

Imre by decade in Norway · Boys

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Imre at a glance

What stands out in Imre's record

Imre across 2 official records

Imre by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Imre

Imre and the names beside it

Imre moved ahead of

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