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Mimi

Gender
Girl
Say it
MEE-mee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#884 for girls
US rank, 2025
#7,489 for girls

Mimi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 884th for girls in the UK (43 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).

What does Mimi mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Maria and other M- names

Pet form of Maria and other names beginning with M; Mimi is the heroine of Puccini's opera La Boheme.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Mimi a girl's or a boy's name?

Mimi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mimi in the UK?

Rank in 2025
884th among girls
Babies in 2025
43 about 1 in 6,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were named Mimi, making it the 884th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,286th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 45 girls.

2025 had more girls named Mimi than any year since 2006.

Half of all the girls named Mimi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 872nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 45 in 20062025
Mimi in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202543#884
202427#1,288
202330#1,178
202224#1,406
202138#993
202027#1,286
201936#1,040
201834#1,098
201725#1,396
201620#1,653
201528#1,276
201429#1,235
201327#1,324
201240#978
201127#1,272
201034#1,055
200939#927
200835#978
200733#985
200645#757
200543#759
200438#794
200340#741
200232#829
200130#857
200021#1,073
199921#1,065
199816#1,289
19977#2,281
199614#1,381

How popular is Mimi in the US?

Rank in 2025
7,489th among girls
Babies in 2025
14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Mimi, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 168 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.

2025 had fewer girls named Mimi than any year since 1915.

Half of all the girls named Mimi in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.

1900Busiest: 168 in 19612025
Mimi in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#7,489
202425#5,145
202317#6,675
202226#5,025
202119#6,170
202019#6,079
201923#5,445
201815#7,405
201721#5,817
201620#6,184
201523#5,651
201425#5,308
201328#4,885
201231#4,599
201140#3,780
201029#4,859
200939#3,943
200859#2,956
200751#3,289
200647#3,413
200563#2,666
200462#2,648
200336#3,801
200248#3,010
200166#2,375
200044#3,117
199964#2,304
199857#2,426
199764#2,155
199669#2,012
199559#2,239
199462#2,162
199371#1,962
199263#2,123
199161#2,157
199057#2,229
198960#2,067
198874#1,720
198743#2,396
198641#2,419
198560#1,855
198455#1,905
198358#1,816
198261#1,786
198159#1,848
198078#1,518
197947#2,112
197851#1,915
197756#1,801
197647#1,912
197565#1,544
197465#1,499
197368#1,433
197273#1,364
197186#1,280
197079#1,330
1969106#1,066
196897#1,074
1967126#911
1966113#955
1965139#846
1964139#881
1963135#903
1962160#829
1961168#809
1960151#842
1959135#894
1958132#887
1957130#894
1956156#791
1955146#796
1954138#797
1953121#840
1952117#848
1951107#868
195099#890
194986#962
194896#884
194779#991
194667#1,031
194566#941
194464#971
194366#975
194254#1,065
194139#1,206
194029#1,404
193947#1,039
193848#1,031
193752#964
193641#1,096
193545#1,031
193441#1,098
193333#1,244
193234#1,237
193134#1,243
193036#1,251
192940#1,174
192831#1,393
192740#1,233
192622#1,829
192540#1,225
192429#1,566
192331#1,464
192230#1,508
192133#1,409
192034#1,349
191931#1,393
191818#2,028
191725#1,507
191631#1,298
191514#2,142
191418#1,541
19139#2,163
191214#1,477
19119#1,656
191012#1,335
19096#1,957
19086#1,862
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19037#1,440
19020–
19010–
19005#1,931

Names like Mimi

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Joni, Betsy, Mari, Heidi, Molly, Nancy, Michelle, Mia, Maria, Bonnie, Sara, Marnie

Names related to Mimi

Miami

More Hebrew names

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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, “Mimi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mimi, updated 20 October 2026.