Girls' name · since 1880
Mima
737 babies named Mima in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 737
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Mima is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 737 have been recorded since 1880.
Mima has 737 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2022.
- #9,226 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 737 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mima ranks #9,226 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 737 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 737
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Mima's 737 recorded births place it above 87.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
Mima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mima's SSA record in two at 1923 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1883, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1935 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2022
- Peak year (1935)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 143 years of records
Mima by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (114 births, 15% of the file).
1920s was Mima's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Mima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
80 births
- 1890s
1890s
101 births
- 1900s
1900s
75 births
- 1910s
1910s
112 births
- 1920s
1920s
114 births
- 1930s
1930s
113 births
- 1940s
1940s
48 births
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 114 births (15% of all-time use).
How Mima compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mima's total volume
Mima by state
Where Mima concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 24 | 3.3% |
24 of 737 births nationwide.
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- Mima's decade-level peak was the 1920s (114 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Mimas (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mima: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~142 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mima draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.