Jimma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JIM-a
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Jimma is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Jimma come from?
Possibly a respelling of Gemma or a feminine form of Jim
Is Jimma a girl's or a boy's name?
Jimma 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 Jimma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Jimma, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had more girls named Jimma than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Jimma in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jimma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
Names like Jimma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura, Zayla, Ayra, Safa, Jemma, Sama, Zhamira, Zaya, Hafsa, Zuri, Zamira, Amora
Names related to Jimma
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, “Jimma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jimma, updated 20 October 2026.