Girls' name · peaked in 2016
Ximena name popularity since 1925
39,669 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ximena. Half of them were born in 2016 or earlier, so the typical Ximena is about 10 years old in 2026. Ximena peaked in 2016 as the #120 name for girls, and it ranked #183 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 39,669
- Named Ximena, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #183
- for girls in 2025 (1,686 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 39,656 girls · 13 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 4.41× its national share
Peak year is the year Ximena made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ximena births per year, 1925–2025
2016 was the biggest year for Ximena both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2000 and 2005, Ximena became 7× more common, from 1 in 14,500 baby girls to 1 in 2,070.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Ximena's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ximena.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ximena in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 56 | 0 | #9,050 |
| 1980s | 89 | 0 | #9,291 |
| 1990s | 385 | 0 | #2,844 |
| 2000s | 6,801 | 0 | #353 |
| 2010s | 21,026 | 13 | #125 |
| 2020–25 | 11,294 | 0 | #183 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
71.1% of babies named Ximena from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Ximena is most popular
The index compares Ximena's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ximena.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 4.41× | 616 |
| Arizona | 4.09× | 2,074 |
| Texas | 3.60× | 11,050 |
| California | 2.69× | 11,168 |
| New Mexico | 2.45× | 530 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ximena's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ximena.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ximena (2016).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data