Imogen

A girls’ name of Celtic origin, meaning maiden, innocent.

Babies a year
648
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#69
648 babies · down from #64

Imogen by the numbers

In 2025, 648 babies in England and Wales were named Imogen. In the US, 169 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 173 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Names that come from Imogen

Forms of Imogen in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Emogenewell-born; form of Imogen9 in the US (2017)
  • Immya diminutive of Imogen or similar4 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Imogen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Imogeneimage; a form of Imogen49 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Imogen

Names that are said the same way as Imogen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean purity

Like Imogen, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Catherinepure; clear1,573 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Imogen

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