Mimi
Mimi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 24 births. Its best rank was 796th, in 1956.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 240.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1961168 births
- Best rank
- #796in 1956
- Since 1900
- 6,933people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,933 girls have been named Mimi in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 168 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1960s alone account for 19%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Mimi | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | |
| 1910s | 181 | |
| 1920s | 330 | |
| 1930s | 411 | |
| 1940s | 646 | |
| 1950s | 1,281 | |
| 1960s | 1,333 | |
| 1970s | 637 | |
| 1980s | 589 | |
| 1990s | 627 | |
| 2000s | 515 | |
| 2010s | 254 | |
| 2020s | 105 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Mimi was the 811th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Mimi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janettepeak 1953
- Jacquelinepeak 1964
- Jannettepeak 1960
- Rositapeak 1966
- Carmenpeak 1960
- Irishpeak 1960
- Juliannpeak 1961
- Hermelindapeak 1953
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.