Chimere — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chimere

The Social Security Administration has registered 824 babies named Chimere between 1979 and 2015, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chimere currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 167 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chimere performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 656 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chimere shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Chimere in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chimere in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 824 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.