Imre
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- IM-reh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Imre is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Imre mean?
Germanic: Hungarian form of Emeric (German Emmerich)
The Hungarian form of Emeric; St Imre was the son of Stephen I, Hungary's first king, and Amerigo is the Italian form.
Is Imre a girl's or a boy's name?
Imre is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Imre in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Imre, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Imre in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Imre in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
Names like Imre
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Imre
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Imre: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/imre, updated 20 October 2026.