Mima

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243

Peak · girls
1885 · 11 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
737
since 1880

Mima over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mima has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #658, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#12,2437
2021
2020#15,0885
2019#13,7996
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#16,5135
2013
2012
2011#12,1538
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995#13,3865
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976#7,2967
1975
1974
1973#7,4356
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966#6,5645
1965#5,8176
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960#6,3905
1959#6,2455
1958
1957#6,0865
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952#4,9086
1951#4,8336
1950#4,3157
1949
1948
1947#4,0078
1946#3,9947
1945#3,3888
1944#4,5745
1943
1942
1941#3,2528
1940#2,42412
1939#2,9229
1938#4,3425
1937#3,1468
1936#3,1038
1935#1,48325
1934#3,8026
1933#2,40412
1932#2,23514
1931#2,30713
1930#2,42513
1929#3,6827
1928#2,76811
1927#2,55213
1926#3,2699
1925#2,28316
1924#2,13718
1923#2,73212
1922#2,47914
1921#3,6668
1920#4,3986
1919#3,00510
1918#1,88720
1917#2,10016
1916#1,86718
1915#1,52323
1914#2,26510
1913
1912
1911
1910#1,17115
1909#1,4719
1908
1907#1,6397
1906#1,22910
1905#1,4208
1904#1,4867
1903#1,3188
1902#1,2199
1901#1,1369
1900#1,4318
1899#98311
1898#1,04711
1897#1,1678
1896#1,04710
1895#1,2028
1894#1,0619
1893#90111
1892#95810
1891#83911
1890#79112
1889#9508
1888#69014
1887#69311
1886#7789
1885#65811
1884#7319
1883#9205
1882#7407
1881
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mima was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mima
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 189 spots in 1884 (#920#731)
  • Biggest drop: 448 spots in 1900 (#983#1,431)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #658 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1882–1893
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,096
  • Highest: 1 in 12,096 girls born in 1885 were named Mima (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 234,304 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 15.5% of all girls named Mima (114) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s80#658 (1885)#766
1890s101#791 (1890)#1,000
1900s75#1,136 (1901)#1,372
1910s112#1,171 (1910)#1,974
1920s114#2,137 (1924)#2,997
1930s113#1,483 (1935)#2,817
1940s48#2,424 (1940)#3,607
1950s29#4,315 (1950)#5,277
1960s16#5,817 (1965)#6,257
1970s13#7,296 (1976)#7,366
1980s0
1990s5#13,386 (1995)#13,386
2000s0
2010s19#12,153 (2011)#14,155
2020s12#12,243 (2022)#13,666

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mima in 1885

girls
#658
11 births · 1 in 12,096 girls

Top girls' names in 1885

  1. #1Mary9,128
  2. #2Anna3,994
  3. #3Emma2,728
  4. #4Elizabeth2,582
  5. #5Margaret2,204
  6. #6Minnie2,178
  7. #7Clara1,910
  8. #8Bertha1,860
  9. #9Ida1,854
  10. #10Annie1,703
  11. #658Mima11
More about 1885

girls

133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 12,096 of them was named Mima, which outranked 45.0% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mima
  1. #629Verdie12
  2. #629Wanda12
  3. #629Zola12
  4. #658Mima11
  5. #658Adell11
  6. #658Arabella11
  7. #658Bina11
  8. #695Albertha10
  9. #695Albertine10
  10. #695Annabel10

Tied with 36 names at #658; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 467Lonnie#1,024#557
  2. 430Theodora#930#500
  3. 395Malissie#1,024#629
  4. 366Arabella#1,024#658
  5. 366Bina#1,024#658
Fallers
  1. 458Sina#463#921
  2. 433Carlotta#614#1,047
  3. 433Felicia#614#1,047
  4. 433Fronie#614#1,047
  5. 433Paulina#614#1,047

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885