Jimena
Jimena is a feminine given name. It is the feminine version of the given name Jimeno. The French rendering of the name is Chimène.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Jimena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jimena is a feminine given name. It is the feminine version of the given name Jimeno. The French rendering of the name is Chimène.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Jimena
The earliest SSA record of Jimena as a baby girl name dates back to 1966, when 5 babies received it. 2016 was its biggest year on record, with 830 newborns named Jimena — #400 in the national rankings. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 41% of all recorded Jimenas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #522 among baby girl names with 586 births, gradually falling (-11%). In total, more than 18K Jimenas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jimena
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About the name Jimena
Jimena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1966 and has accumulated 18K births in the dataset. Jimena's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #387. Use the chart and map above to compare Jimena's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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