Jimena
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a female given name from Old Spanish
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jimena is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. In Bolivia it is the 14th most common given name.
- BOBolivia≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 1.9K
- ARArgentina≈1 in 2.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jimena itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Spain (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 275 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
25,958 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name from Old Spanish
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jimena counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | #557 | 25,958 | 1 in 1.9K | 26K | Jimena | 148 |
| US United States | — | 24,081as Ximena | 1 in 14K | 24K | Jimena | 275 |
| AR Argentina | #328 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 132 | Jimena | 137 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 14,752as Ximena | 1 in 1.1K | 15K | Jimena | 39 |
| BO Bolivia | #14 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Jimena | 48 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 4,427 | 1 in 1.2K | 4.4K | — | 61 |
| UY Uruguay | #129 | 2,502as Gimena | 1 in 1.4K | 2.5K | Jimena | 63 |
25,958 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jimena is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In huu, peach palm
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jimena Sánchezb. 1018Queen consort of León
- Jimena Lindob. 1976PEPeruvian actress
- Jimena Anganuzzib. 1977ARArgentine actress
- Jimena Hoyosb. 1977USColombian actress
- Jimena Gállegob. 1980MXMexican singer, tv anchor woman and presenter, actor, influencer and columnist.
- Jimena Sánchezb. 1984MXMexican sports journalist and model
- Jimena Barónb. 1987ARArgentine singer songwriter and actress
- Jimena Pérez Blancob. 1997ESSpanish swimmer
- Jimena Lópezb. 1999MXMexican footballer
- Jimena DíazESnoblewoman. Peerage person ID=420468
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 51 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 26K | #287 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 22K | #177 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 13K | #2,067 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 4.4K | #173 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 4.1K | #401 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 2.2K | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 2.2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 515 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 132 | #650 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 87 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 58 | #2,067 |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 30 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jimena mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name from Old Spanish Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Jimena have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 26 thousand people named Jimena, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jimena.
- What are other forms of the name Jimena?
- In the etymology graph, Simone, Ximena and Simona are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Jimena?
- In Spain, the national register counted 25,958 people named Jimena, about 1 in 1.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Jimena compared with other names?
- In Spain, Jimena is the 557th most common given name of 135,644 given names recorded there.
- Is Jimena a male or female name?
- Jimena is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jimenaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jimena” — the 557th most common given name in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.