Mima — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mima

The Social Security Administration has registered 737 babies named Mima between 1880 and 2022, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mima currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mima performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Mima shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mima in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mima 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 737 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.