Imogen

What Imogen means

Means “girl, maiden”

First used by William Shakespeare in Cymbeline, a misprint for Innogen, from Scottish Gaelic inghean (“girl, maiden”)

Source: Wiktionary, “Imogen” (revision 90305236), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Imogen?

US: Rising: up from #1554 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #34 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 216 girls got the name (#1120 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 7,617 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 391 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 365 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in KS (0.59 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.54 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.42 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Imogen is #1117 in the US and #69 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Imogen were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Imogene70 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Imogene

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Imogen

Girls

• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Kenna#759“descendant of Cionaodh”^*
• Alayna#332Editor’s note Down from #223 in 2015 to #332 in 2025 in the US
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Alaina#224Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Fiona#470“fair, white”^*

For a brother

• Kieran#389Editor’s note Up from #512 in 2015 to #389 in 2025 in the US
• Kian#400Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #400 in 2025 in the US
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Imogen’s. Rank is US 2025.