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Imogen

Girls' name · Current

Living in the US
~3,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,117 among girls
Births in 2025
211 3,179 since 1880
Typical age
8 years, median

Imogen popularity over time

Imogen rank by birth year, 1915–2025Imogen ranked #3,134 in 1915 and #1,117 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,117, in 2025.#10,000#1,117192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1915–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2024: 216 births recorded as Imogen. The name does not appear in the data until 1915. As of 2025 the name sits at #1,117, with 211 births that year.

The ten-year change is +50%.

Babies named Imogen per yearPeaks at 216 births in 2024.216 in 20240192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Imogen?

Roughly 3,100 Imogens are alive in the US right now. That is out of 3,179 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Imogen?

The typical living Imogen is 8 years old. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Imogen a current name.

Your Imogen

Ages of living people named ImogenHalf of living Imogens are older than 8 and half younger.median 8020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Imogen is most common

The name is concentrated in Washington, at 2.3× the national rate. Oregon, Virginia and Colorado follow.

Where Imogen is used more than average5 states use the name Imogen more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.3× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: 2.3× the national rateORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: 1.9× the national rateCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: 1.9× the national rateVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 1.4× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Imogen is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Washington 79 2.3×
Oregon 36 2.3×
Virginia 74 1.9×
Colorado 48 1.9×
Massachusetts 40 1.4×

Imogen in England and Wales

ONS recorded 648 births named Imogen in 2025, ranking it #69. That is 30% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Imogen comes from

First used by William Shakespeare in Cymbeline, a misprint for Innogen, from Scottish Gaelic inghean (“girl, maiden”)

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Imogen

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Imogen Poots British actress 1989 44
Imogen Heap British musician 1977 31
Imogen Cunningham American photographer 1883–1976 25
Imogen Holst English composer, arranger, conductor, teacher and festival administrator 1907–1984 16
Imogen Grant British rower 1996 16
Imogen Stubbs British actress 1961 15
Imogen Hassall English actress 1942–1980 14
Imogen Bankier Scottish badminton player 1987 9
Photo credits (4)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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