Ximena — #173 US girls' name
37,963 babies named Ximena in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.0% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Ximena was born in this single decade.
2,680 babies were named Ximena in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ximena
The Social Security Administration has registered 37,963 babies named Ximena between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ximena currently holds the #173 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 2,680 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ximena performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 21,025 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ximena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10,708 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Ximena in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ximena 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 37,963 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.
Ximena at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Ximena popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2016)
- 2,680
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #173 among girls.
37,963 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 2,680 births in a single year.
Ximena popularity over time — boys
13 total births recorded since 2014 (Ximena as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ximena accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ximena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 21,025 births that decade — 55% of Ximena's all-time total
Ximena decade highlights
- Peak decade 21,025 births
- Runner-up 9,602 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ximena's strongest decade
21,025 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Ximena by state
Where Ximena concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10,708 | 28.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10,636 | 28.0% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 1,996 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,902 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Colorado | | 965 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 869 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Florida | | 847 | 2.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 798 | 2.1% |
10,708 of 37,963 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 28.2% of nationwide
- Texas 28.0% of nationwide
- Arizona 5.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.0% of nationwide
- Colorado 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 28.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Ximena appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.