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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: rising fast

ImriIn Hebrew: אימרי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אִמְרִי

Imri (Hebrew: אימרי) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 6,205 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 742 boys and ranked #26. Its peak year was 2024, with 747 babies.

People in Israel
6,205
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
742
rank #26
Peak year
2024
747 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Imri

In Hebrew letters the name is אימרי, read right to left. Imri is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Imri by year in Israel

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Imri: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Imri

How do you write Imri in Hebrew?

Imri is written אימרי in Hebrew (with vowel points: אִמְרִי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Imri?

6,205 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אימרי: 163 women and 6,042 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Imri a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 97.4% of the people named אימרי are men.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.