Imara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- i-MAH-ra
- Origin
- Swahili
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,998 for girls
Imara is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “strong, firm, steadfast”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).
What does Imara mean?
Swahili: Swahili word
“strong, firm, steadfast”
Is Imara a girl's or a boy's name?
Imara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 55 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Imara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 111% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Imara, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Imara of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Imara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Imara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
How popular is Imara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,998th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 207% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Imara, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Imara in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Imara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,998 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
Names like Imara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amira, Hafsa, Khadija, Hiba, Abeeha, Ayra, Aaliyah, Hawa, Ayla, Halima, Zainab
Names related to Imara
Amara, Amirah, Amiira, Emara, Amiera, Omara, Imari, Aimar, Amiria, Amirra
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Jabari, Zhuri, Maisha, Asante, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Zuriyah, Johari, Simba, Zamani
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, “Imara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/imara, updated 20 October 2026.