Ximena

What Ximena means

Basque, meaning “son”

A female equivalent of Semeno, itself from seme (“son”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Ximena” (revision 93377747), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ximena?

US: Falling: down from #125 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 2,680 girls got the name (#119 that year). First in the US records in 1966.

How common

• About 1 in 953 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 NM (4.49 per 1,000 girls), NV (3.15 per 1,000 girls), CA (2.84 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ximena is #183 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 Ximena were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Simona44 US · 20 E&W
• Ximenna6 US
• Simina0 US · 3 E&W

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 Ximena

Girls

• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Alessandra#443Italian form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*

For a brother

• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Joaquin#355Spanish form of Joachim, meaning “may Yahweh raise up”^*
• Alessandro#497Italian form of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Rocco#459Editor’s note Up from #463 in 2015 to #459 in 2025 in the US
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ximena’s. Rank is US 2025.