How rare is the name Mimi?

9,711 people in the United States have the first name Mimi, about 1 in 31,102. It ranks #2,507 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MIMI

#2,507

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,711
About
1 in 31,102
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,711 people named Mimi, 41.3% reported their origin as White, 35.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 11.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mimi peaked in 1961, when 168 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1961
Births that year
168
In 2025*
14 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,950 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mimi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,478. The largest share of babies named Mimi, 34%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,41524
1910s#2,846181
1920s#2,503330
1930s#2,030411
1940s#1,781646
1950s#1,4781,281
1960s#1,5481,334
1970s#2,547637
1980s#3,066589
1990s#3,662627
2000s#5,275515
2010s#8,948255
2020s#10,307120
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.5%
Baby boom 1946–6434%
Generation X 1965–8018.6%
Millennials 1981–9613.7%
Generation Z 1997–1211.5%
2013 and later4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mimi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mimi has been most common in California (3.5×), New York (3.2×), and Pennsylvania (1.4×), and least common in Michigan (0.35×).

3,220 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Mimi

1 other first name also has 9,711 people.

#2,507 Benson · 9,711

Either side of Mimi

#2,505 Jaimie · 9,718#2,507 Benson · 9,711#2,509 Karli · 9,703#2,510 Willian · 9,695

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mimi, most common first.

#10,379 Mini · 1,291#25,022 Mima · 381#25,961 Miami · 362#31,941 Mim · 266#44,078 Mimie · 158

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