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Imam

Imam is a surname from Arabic. It is used in English and Indonesian.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Imam comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic إمام (ʔimām); its root is Arabic ء م م.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Imam through the years

Babies since 1880
24
24 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2001
7 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20010.0
Imam in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 251 as a first name in 2020; 1,397 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Imam’s family of names

In Greek usage, Imam is a transliteration of Ιμάμ. In Bengali usage, Imam is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ইমাম.

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ImamইমামΙμάμImām

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Imam

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