Jimena
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The story
Jimena is the Spanish variant of Ximena, and reference works do not give the pair a settled deeper meaning. The two spellings preserve an old orthographic story: Spanish x once represented a sound that later developed toward today's j sound, while names such as Ximena kept the historical letter. Both forms are pronounced with that modern Spanish sound. The medieval bearer Jimena Díaz married El Cid and governed Valencia after his death, from 1099 until 1102. In the US record, Jimena rises from about 370 girls in the 1990s to 5,700 in the 2000s and 7,200 in the 2010s, with 3,600 so far this decade. The published totals are about 17,000 girls and eight boys. That curve is American; the older story lives in the distance between x and j. Jimena carries history without needing an invented translation.
How popular is Jimena around the world?
In the United States, 3,596 babies were named Jimena between 2020 and 2025. In Spain, 25,958 residents are named Jimena, the 162nd most common name among women, with a mean age of 11.3 years.
Jimena is on the official records of the United States, Spain, Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Montevideo, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
United States
1 in 6,100
In the United States, 3,596 babies were named Jimena between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jimena peaked in the 2010s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Spain
#20 · 2024
In Spain, 25,958 residents are named Jimena, the 162nd most common name among women, with a mean age of 11.3 years.
In Spain, Jimena was the 20th most common name among girls born in 2024.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Puerto Rico
1 in 1,500
In Puerto Rico, 12 babies were named Jimena in 2025, and 205 have carried the name since 1998.
share of that year’s births on record
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Mexico City City
1 in 1,500
In Mexico City, there were 77 registrations of Jimena in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (3 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Montevideo City
1 in 2,5002011
In Montevideo, 10 girls named Jimena were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Argentina
1 in 5,000
In Argentina, 132 newborns were given the name Jimena in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Chile
1 in 8,500
In Chile, 21 girls were registered as Jimena in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Brazil
1 in 1M
At the 2022 census, 259 people in Brazil were named Jimena, ranked 21,154th, with a median age of 33.
Among people named Jimena living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Austria
last on record 2012
Jimena is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Canada
last on record 2018
Jimena is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
last on record 2022
Jimena is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Not on the record in Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Jimena
Most people given the name Jimena in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
Where Jimena travels
Mexican American · A familiar Spanish-language choice in Mexican American families.
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