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Iman

#2,072 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Faith

Iman has been given to 6,609 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #2,072 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1996, with 178 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% girls, 22% boys all-time.

Babies named Iman, 2025

1 in 36,400

Iman over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Iman over time

In 2025, Iman went to 51% girls and 49% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Iman: meaning, origin, and history

Faith

Arabic

What Iman means

Iman means “faith”.

Origin, language, and formation

Iman is used in English. Its origins include Arabic.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,124 girls were recorded with the name Iman between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 178 in 1996; its best national rank was #1,041 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,864 in 2020 to #2,072 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,924 in 2015 to #2,072 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,485 boys were recorded with the name Iman between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 89 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,798 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,564 in 2020 to #1,798 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,815 in 2015 to #1,798 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Iman?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 36,400
91 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 17,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,072
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
25,253 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Iman sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 25,253 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Iman. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Imans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Iman was born before 2003 — so the typical Iman is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
30.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
58.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,124
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 30.3% of all recorded uses (1,555).

Is Iman rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+14
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−208
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−148
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.87×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
51.1%
Peak was 1996 (178)
Years since peak
29
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,041
1996

Spellings of Iman

Iman is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 27.3% against Iman's 0.29%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Iman is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Iman was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 4,167 girls, against 1 in 15,144 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).

124 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 4,167
  2. 2Maryland1 in 7,692
  3. 3New York1 in 7,692
  4. 4Virginia1 in 7,692
  5. 5New Jersey1 in 11,111
  6. 6Illinois1 in 14,286
  7. 7California1 in 16,667
  8. 8Washington1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Iman is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Iman was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 30,015 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

16 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 16,667
  2. 2Virginia1 in 20,000
  3. 3Maryland1 in 25,000
  4. 4New Jersey1 in 25,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 25,000
  6. 6California1 in 33,333
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 33,333
  8. 8Ohio1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Iman around the world

Where Iman ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #763
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1993–2023
    #630
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    2006–2006
    #384
    in 2006
  • Ireland
    1999–2020
    #700
    in 2020
  • France
    1972–2025
    #1,518
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #364
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #889
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1975–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Iman

People whose public names include Iman, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Iman by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,072
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 208
Best rank ever
#1,041
1996
Peak year
1996
178 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,124
Count in 2025
91

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,798
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 766
Best rank ever
#1,798
2025
Peak year
2025
89 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,485
Count in 2025
89

Names similar to Iman

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Iman

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Iman, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Iman

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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