Jimena
Jimena is ranked 536th among girls in 2024 (563 births). Its best rank was 387th, in 2005.
- Rank in 2024
- #536down 59 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5630.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 2016830 births
- Best rank
- #387in 2005
- Since 1966
- 16,516people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,516 girls have been named Jimena in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 830 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 439 → 536).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 44%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2016, its biggest year
Jimena was the 400th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2016 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Jimena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ryleepeak 2010
- Cerenitypeak 2012
- Kamiyapeak 2008
- Anaiyahpeak 2010
- Jariahpeak 2009
- Madilynpeak 2008
- Aerispeak 2014
- Nariahpeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.