Name meaning & stats
Imani
Imani means “faith, belief” (Swahili origin). 29,212 US babies since 1940, peak 1998.
What it means
“faith, belief”
SwahiliWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1998
29,212 US babies were named Imani between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Imani (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Imani is the main spelling
- Imani 96%
- Imoni 2%
- Ymani 1%
- Imanie 1%
- Imanii <1%
- Imanni <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1998)