Gimena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hee-MEH-nah
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Gimena is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Gimena mean?
Spanish: variant of Jimena; its root is disputed
Variant of Jimena; Jimena Díaz was the wife of the medieval Spanish hero El Cid.
Is Gimena a girl's or a boy's name?
Gimena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gimena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Gimena, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer girls named Gimena than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Gimena in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gimena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
Names like Gimena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena Solana Jimena Alora Amora Alaia Alondra Sienna Estrella Paloma Alara Amara
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra Amaia
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gimena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gimena, updated 20 October 2026.