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Baby name
Imani
Girl
Origin of the name
Imani is a Swahili word meaning “faith,” from the Arabic iman.
Rising name
27,817births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 253rank at its peak, in 1998
Where babies named Imani are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Imani is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Imani is most common in District of Columbia (5 times), Maryland (2.4) and South Carolina (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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