Jimena

What Jimena means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jimena yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note 515 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jimena?

US: Falling: down from #456 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 830 girls got the name (#400 that year). First in the US records in 1966.

How common

• About 1 in 3,121 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (0.98 per 1,000 girls), ID (0.84 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.75 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Jimena is #578 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jimena were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jumana28 US · 11 E&W
• Gimena11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jimena

Girls

• Ella#29Short form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Nevaeh#165From the word “heaven”^*

For a brother

• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies
• Emmanuel#179Editor’s note Down from #151 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jimena’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.