girls:
903 births since 1885
#4813 (16th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1983
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
908 births since 1885
#6831 (12th percentile)
The name Imo is the #6,831 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 908 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 11.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,813 (15.8% percentile) for all time with 903 births since 1885. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1983.
Imo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (1885 for girls and 1983 for boys). Birth data for Imo is available in 61 out of the 99 years between 1885 and 1983 (60 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Imo has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female. In 1983, 0.0% of babies named Imo were girls. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1885 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1974 to 1983).
For girls, Imo reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #563) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 1885, with 63 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1957.
For boys, Imo reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #687) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1983.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Imo".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Imo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.9% confident that Imo is pronounced as AI-moh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-moh, at 25.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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