Imogen
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name from the Celtic languages
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɪmədʒɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Imogen is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 6.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 15K
- USUnited States1 in 150K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 215 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Imogen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | #918 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 691 | Imogen | 205 |
| AU Australia | #726 | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | 181 | Imogen | 159 |
| US United States | — | 2,221 | 1 in 150K | 2.2K | Imogen | 215 |
| CN China | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Imogen | 6 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 186K | — | Imogen | 35 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 37K | 32 | Imogen | 71 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈48 est. | ≈1 in 107K | — | Imogen | 30 |
| GG Guernsey | — | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 25K | 4 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Guernsey (the Greffe) — most common baby names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Imogen is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Celtic/Latin; imperious, the imperial
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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Imogen Cunninghamb. 1883USAmerican photographer (1883-1976)
- Imogen Holstb. 1907GBEnglish composer, arranger, conductor, teacher and festival administrator (1907-1984)
- Imogen Cooperb. 1949GBBritish pianist
- Imogen Suttonb. 1950CAcanadian-British film producer and director
- Imogen Koggeb. 1957DEGerman actress
- Imogen Stubbsb. 1961GBBritish actress
- Imogen Heapb. 1977GBBritish musician
- Imogen Thomasb. 1982GBWelsh model
- Imogen Pootsb. 1989GBBritish actress
- Imogen Waterhouseb. 1994GBBritish model and actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 42 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.2K | #7,020 |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 691 | #64 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 211 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2023 | 181 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2024 | 80 | #86 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2024 | 51 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 43 | #97 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2017 | 35 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2025 | 32 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2025 | 29 | #54 |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2025 | 29 | #54 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 6 | #259 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Imogen?
- A machine transcription gives /ɪmədʒɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Imogen mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from the Celtic languages. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Imogen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.4 thousand people named Imogen in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled imogen.
- Is Imogen a male or female name?
- Imogen is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Imogen?
- In the etymology graph, Imogene is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Imogen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,221 people named Imogen in 2020, about 1 in 150 thousand residents.
- How common is Imogen compared with other names?
- In the United Kingdom, Imogen is the 918th most common given name of 404,737 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Imogen?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/imogenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Imogen” — the 918th most common given name in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.