Ximena
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #183 for girls
Ximena is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 183rd for girls in the US (1,686 babies).
What does Ximena mean?
Spanish
A female given name from Spanish or Basque.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ximena a girl's or a boy's name?
Ximena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,686 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ximena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #183among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,686about 1 in 950 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,686 girls in the US were named Ximena, making it the 183rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 130th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 2,680 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ximena than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Ximena in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ximena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,686 | #183 |
| 2024 | 1,750 | #174 |
| 2023 | 1,812 | #158 |
| 2022 | 2,009 | #144 |
| 2021 | 2,000 | #138 |
| 2020 | 2,037 | #130 |
| 2019 | 2,187 | #129 |
| 2018 | 2,571 | #118 |
| 2017 | 2,547 | #121 |
| 2016 | 2,680 | #119 |
| 2015 | 2,602 | #125 |
| 2014 | 2,341 | #142 |
| 2013 | 1,960 | #162 |
| 2012 | 1,463 | #215 |
| 2011 | 1,465 | #216 |
| 2010 | 1,210 | #274 |
| 2009 | 1,052 | #313 |
| 2008 | 1,012 | #333 |
| 2007 | 885 | #370 |
| 2006 | 815 | #391 |
| 2005 | 891 | #353 |
| 2004 | 770 | #397 |
| 2003 | 564 | #509 |
| 2002 | 424 | #604 |
| 2001 | 263 | #870 |
| 2000 | 125 | #1,470 |
| 1999 | 78 | #1,996 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 59 | #2,280 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Ximena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Solana Alora Xiomara Amora Ariana Luciana Jimena Amara Aria Alaia Esme Ariella
Other spellings of Ximena
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra Paloma
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, “Ximena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ximena, updated 20 October 2026.