girls:
4.9k births since 1975
#2412 (58th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1972
#3303 (28th percentile)
overall:
6.3k births since 1972
#3439 (56th percentile)
The name Iman is the #3,439 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,250 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 55.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,412 (57.8% percentile) for all time with 4,938 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #3,303 (27.9% percentile) for all time with 1,312 births since 1972.
Iman first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for boys and 1975 for girls).
The name Iman has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 57.0% of babies named Iman were girls. Interestingly, until around 1978, the name was more popular for boys (56.3% boys from 1972 to 1977), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (79.6% girls from 1978 to 2023).
For girls, Iman reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 20.2% percentile (ranked #686) with 93 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 93 births per million (ranked 20.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Iman ranks #871 for girls (8.0% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 49.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Iman reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 8.3% percentile (ranked #853) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 44 births per million (ranked 8.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Iman ranks #855 for boys (6.2% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 76.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Iman".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Iman. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 23.8% confident that Iman is pronounced as ee-MAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-MAHN, at 21.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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