Imaad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-MAHD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Imaad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pillar, support”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Imaad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Imad
“pillar, support”
Often part of the title Imad al-Din, 'pillar of the faith', borne by the 12th-century ruler Zengi.
Meaning borrowed from Imad.
Is Imaad a girl's or a boy's name?
Imaad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Imaad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Imaad, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 25 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Imaad than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Imaad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were given Imaad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,242, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Imaad 11
- Imad 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Imaad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 25 | #972 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Imaad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Imaad, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2002, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Imaad in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Imaad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
Names like Imaad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Ahmed, Zayd, Abdullah, Musa, Zayaan, Zayan, Umar, Fahad, Ibrahim, Ziyad
Other spellings of Imaad
Names related to Imaad
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Imaad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/imaad, updated 20 October 2026.