Ima
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.
Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Ima by the numbers
Its American peak was 232 babies in 1927, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Ima
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Irawatchful, vigilant339 in the US (2017)
- Ilaearth or the world230 in the US (2017)
- Isajesus; form of Issa or Yisa207 in England and Wales (2025)
- Idaprosperous, wealthy126 in England and Wales (2025)
- Imanfaith; belief48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ivagift of god; diminutive of ivan or similar115 in the US (2017)