Jimena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hee-MEH-na
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #578 for girls
Jimena is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 578th for girls in the US (515 babies).
What does Jimena mean?
Spanish: medieval Spanish Ximena; possibly from Simeon or Basque
Jimena Díaz was the wife of El Cid, the 11th-century Castilian hero.
Is Jimena a girl's or a boy's name?
Jimena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 515 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jimena in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 girls.
Jimena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Jimena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 578th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 515 about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 515 girls in the US were named Jimena, making it the 578th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 513th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 830 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had fewer girls named Jimena than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Jimena in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jimena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 515 | #578 |
| 2024 | 565 | #536 |
| 2023 | 640 | #478 |
| 2022 | 636 | #497 |
| 2021 | 649 | #483 |
| 2020 | 591 | #513 |
| 2019 | 661 | #473 |
| 2018 | 714 | #448 |
| 2017 | 778 | #407 |
| 2016 | 830 | #400 |
| 2015 | 693 | #456 |
| 2014 | 731 | #439 |
| 2013 | 670 | #453 |
| 2012 | 641 | #477 |
| 2011 | 716 | #436 |
| 2010 | 797 | #403 |
| 2009 | 806 | #392 |
| 2008 | 803 | #402 |
| 2007 | 595 | #524 |
| 2006 | 669 | #471 |
| 2005 | 811 | #387 |
| 2004 | 640 | #464 |
| 2003 | 542 | #520 |
| 2002 | 499 | #549 |
| 2001 | 262 | #874 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,209 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Jimena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amara, Amaya, Sienna, Amira, Aria, Safa, Ayla, Syeda, Khadija, Anaya, Eliana, Ava
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jimena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jimena, updated 20 October 2026.