An imaging lens consisting of: a first lens group; a stop (St); and a second lens group in this order from an object side, wherein the first lens group consists of three or less lenses including a negative lens arranged closest to the object side and a positive lens arranged on an image side of the negative lens, wherein the first lens group includes a negative lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing the object side a positive lens cemented on the negative lens in this order from the object side wherein the second lens group consists of five or less lenses including a cemented lens composed of two lenses of a positive lens and a negative lens cemented together and a single lens having positive refractive power arranged on the image side of the cemented lens, and wherein the following conditional formulas through are satisfied: NdfL > 1.65 20 < νdfL < 40 4 < υd 2 p − υd 2 n < 25 and NdrL < 1.7 where NdfL denotes the fractive index of the negative lens in the first lens group for d-line, νdfL denotes the Abbe number of the negative lens in the first lens group for d-line, vd2p denotes the Abbe number of the positive lens in the cemented lens in the second lens group for d-line, νd2n denotes the Abbe number of the negative lens in cemented lens in the second lens group for d-line, and NdrL denotes the refractive index of the single lens in the second lens group for d-line. a first lens group; a stop (St); and a second lens group in this order from an object side, wherein the first lens group consists of three or less lenses including a negative lens arranged closest to the object side and a positive lens arranged on an image side of the negative lens, wherein the first lens group includes a negative lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface facing the object side a positive lens cemented on the negative lens in this order from the object side wherein the second lens group consists of five or less lenses including a cemented lens composed of two lenses of a positive lens and a negative lens cemented together and a single lens having positive refractive power arranged on the image side of the cemented lens, and wherein the following conditional formulas through are satisfied: NdfL > 1.65 20 < νdfL < 40 4 < υd 2 p − υd 2 n < 25 and NdrL < 1.7 where NdfL denotes the fractive index of the negative lens in the first lens group for d-line, νdfL denotes the Abbe number of the negative lens in the first lens group for d-line, vd2p denotes the Abbe number of the positive lens in the cemented lens in the second lens group for d-line, νd2n denotes the Abbe number of the negative lens in cemented lens in the second lens group for d-line, and NdrL denotes the refractive index of the single lens in the second lens group for d-line. NdfL denotes the fractive index of the negative lens in the first lens group for d-line, νdfL denotes the Abbe number of the negative lens in the first lens group for d-line, vd2p denotes the Abbe number of the positive lens in the cemented lens in the second lens group for d-line, νd2n denotes the Abbe number of the negative lens in cemented lens in the second lens group for d-line, and NdrL denotes the refractive index of the single lens in the second lens group for d-line.