Imre
Imre is a Hungarian masculine first name, which is also in Estonian use, where the corresponding name day is 10 April. It has been suggested that it relates to the name Emeric, Emmerich or Heinrich. Its English equivalents are Emery, Henry, and Hendrick.
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Imre
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Imre is a Hungarian masculine first name, which is also in Estonian use, where the corresponding name day is 10 April. It has been suggested that it relates to the name Emeric, Emmerich or Heinrich. Its English equivalents are Emery, Henry, and Hendrick.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
The Story of Imre
The earliest SSA record of Imre as a baby boy name dates back to 1958, when 7 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Imre — #6,889 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Imre on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Imre last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 181 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Imre
Imre is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1958 and has accumulated 181 births in the dataset. Imre's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #6,889. Use the chart and map above to compare Imre's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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