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Imogen

Pronounced /ˈɪməd͡ʒɪn/

Rank in 2024
#1,127
Born in 2024
214
Peak year
2024 · #1127
Origin
Celtic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 214 girls were named Imogen, about 1 in every 7,538.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1915.
  • 2,966 girls have been named Imogen since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Imogen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 28 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 24 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 851 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,052 babies, 0.10 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • (chiefly UK) A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Origin
Celtic
Say it
/ˈɪməd͡ʒɪn/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Imogen, CC BY-SA 4.0.