Mimi
Mimi was given to 14 girls in 2025, #7,763 among girls’ names; 6,950 Americans have been recorded with it since 1900 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,320 Americans named Mimi and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 34 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mimi by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mimi mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mimi is “a female given name.”
From French and Italian Mimi.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mimi?
#7,763 among girls’ names, 2025
Mimi fell from #5,780 in 2015 to #7,763 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 12.9 to 8.7 per million.
168 babies in 1961, the peak
Mimi peaked in 1961, when 168 girls were given it, #812 among girls’ names. The 14 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,763 | 8.7 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,246 | 15.4 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,838 | 10.6 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,124 | 15.9 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,327 | 11.6 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,244 | 11.8 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,560 | 13.7 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,639 | 8.8 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,964 | 12.2 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,338 | 11.3 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #5,780 | 12.9 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,413 | 14.0 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,980 | 16.0 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,675 | 17.6 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,818 | 22.7 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,929 | 16.3 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,995 | 21.2 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,982 | 31.2 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,315 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,452 | 24.7 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,696 | 34.1 |
| 2004 | 62 | #2,665 | 33.8 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,851 | 19.7 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,045 | 26.7 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,395 | 36.7 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,146 | 24.2 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,326 | 36.1 |
| 1998 | 57 | #2,444 | 32.3 |
| 1997 | 64 | #2,165 | 36.8 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,030 | 39.4 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,267 | 33.6 |
| 1994 | 62 | #2,173 | 34.7 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,975 | 39.2 |
| 1992 | 63 | #2,144 | 34.2 |
| 1991 | 61 | #2,168 | 32.5 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,240 | 30.0 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,085 | 32.5 |
| 1988 | 74 | #1,726 | 41.6 |
| 1987 | 43 | #2,421 | 24.7 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,453 | 23.9 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,874 | 34.9 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,915 | 32.7 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,830 | 34.7 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,799 | 36.0 |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,859 | 35.4 |
| 1980 | 78 | #1,524 | 47.0 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,137 | 29.3 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,929 | 33.3 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,822 | 36.5 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,926 | 32.1 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,553 | 44.6 |
| 1974 | 65 | #1,513 | 44.3 |
| 1973 | 68 | #1,439 | 46.6 |
| 1972 | 73 | #1,375 | 48.0 |
| 1971 | 86 | #1,285 | 51.7 |
| 1970 | 79 | #1,340 | 45.2 |
| 1969 | 106 | #1,074 | 62.8 |
| 1968 | 97 | #1,082 | 59.1 |
| 1967 | 126 | #913 | 76.3 |
| 1966 | 113 | #958 | 66.8 |
| 1965 | 139 | #851 | 78.7 |
| 1964 | 139 | #883 | 73.4 |
| 1963 | 135 | #904 | 70.0 |
| 1962 | 160 | #831 | 81.4 |
| 1961 | 168 | #812 | 83.2 |
| 1960 | 151 | #847 | 74.7 |
| 1959 | 135 | #896 | 66.7 |
| 1958 | 132 | #890 | 65.6 |
| 1957 | 130 | #895 | 63.6 |
| 1956 | 156 | #795 | 77.7 |
| 1955 | 146 | #800 | 74.7 |
| 1954 | 138 | #799 | 71.1 |
| 1953 | 121 | #845 | 64.3 |
| 1952 | 117 | #852 | 63.1 |
| 1951 | 107 | #868 | 59.4 |
| 1950 | 99 | #890 | 57.8 |
| 1949 | 86 | #968 | 50.3 |
| 1948 | 96 | #886 | 56.5 |
| 1947 | 79 | #998 | 44.6 |
| 1946 | 67 | #1,039 | 42.6 |
| 1945 | 66 | #951 | 50.5 |
| 1944 | 64 | #979 | 48.2 |
| 1943 | 66 | #983 | 47.3 |
| 1942 | 54 | #1,072 | 40.0 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,216 | 32.3 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,432 | 25.4 |
| 1939 | 47 | #1,048 | 42.9 |
| 1938 | 48 | #1,040 | 43.5 |
| 1937 | 52 | #976 | 48.9 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,109 | 39.4 |
| 1935 | 45 | #1,036 | 42.9 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,118 | 39.3 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,257 | 32.7 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,258 | 31.9 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,253 | 31.9 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,268 | 32.0 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,190 | 35.8 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,417 | 26.9 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,252 | 33.5 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,865 | 18.6 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,246 | 32.9 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,593 | 23.2 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,485 | 25.7 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,530 | 25.0 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,425 | 26.8 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,368 | 28.4 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,415 | 27.4 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,078 | 15.5 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,540 | 23.1 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,323 | 29.7 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,215 | 14.2 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,587 | 23.6 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,278 | 14.4 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,518 | 25.1 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,744 | 21.5 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,402 | 30.3 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,155 | 17.3 |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,028 | 17.9 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,531 | 26.7 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,127 | 16.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mimi a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mimi has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 120 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Mimi: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mimi, and how old are they?
5,320 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 6,950 Americans ever recorded as Mimi. The median Mimi alive today is 56 years old; half are between 34 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 9,711 people named Mimi (9,658 women and girls, 53 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,554 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 264 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,870 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,190 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 927 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 791 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 273 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mimi born?
The states with the most babies named Mimi are California, New York and Texas, with 69% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,144 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| New York | 815 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Texas | 256 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 241 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 178 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 130 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 105 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 61 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 55 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 52 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Mimi is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mimi is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mimi with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 337,495 babies since 1880, Mimi is the fourth most given (2.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 14 of their 11,402 babies (<1%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mimi
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mimi and names like it
- Compare Mimi and MiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMimi peaked in 1961.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mimi since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Mimi.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mimi alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.