Iman

Boy · recorded 1972–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.0 to 1)

  • #1,793in 2025
  • 1 in 19,191boys in 2025
  • +257%last ten years

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 257% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1972

0265219721985199920122025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 54 recorded years as a table
Iman, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19727
19736
19749
19753
19766
19775
197811
197911
198014
198112
19826
19834
19845
19858
19867
19876
19885
19896
19907
199110
199211
19939
199413
199513
199616
199714
199813
199919
200018
200111
200215
200316
200410
20059
20069
20079
200814
20097
201011
20117
201210
201314
201411
201515
201615
201722
201840
201937
202029
202147
202246
202336
202449
202552

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.2×
  2. Texas 1.1×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
89
Rank in 2025
#1,793
How rare
1 in 19,191 boys
Since 1972
1,485

Most popular in 2025, at 52 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 257% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.2×29
Texas1.1×27

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.