Impi

Girls' name

Virgin, young girl

Impi has been given to 40 babies in the U.S. since 1904. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Impi, 1921

1 in 389,000

Impi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Impi: meaning, origin, and history

Virgin, young girl

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Impi means

Impi means “virgin, young girl”, associated with impi.

Origin, language, and formation

Impi is used in Finnish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Impi is pronounced /ˈimpi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 40 girls were recorded with the name Impi between 1904 and 1921. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1917; its best national rank was #1,795 in 1905.

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.

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How common is Impi?

Impi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1921, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1921: 1 in 389,000; 6 of 2,334,460 births
Among girls only: 1 in 206,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1921: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 269,689 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Impi 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 1921 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 269,689 children born in 1921 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Impi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Impis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Impi was born before 1913 — so the typical Impi is around 112 today.

Median birth year: 1913; About 112 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 57.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 57.5% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Impi 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (11)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 10.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,795; 1905

Spellings of Impi

Impi is not the most common spelling — Imani is, with 35.5% against Impi's 0.05%.

Imani35.5%27,817
Ami9.8%7,678
Mimi8.9%6,950
Ima8.7%6,806
Mai7.2%5,677
Iman6.5%5,124
Emi5.6%4,360
Imari3.0%2,365

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.

Impi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,795; 1905
Peak year: 1917; 11 that year
First recorded: 1904
Last recorded: 1921
All-time count: 40
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Impi

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

Imperia Lempi

Sibling names for Impi

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

For a sister

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe

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