The first name Mimi

In 2025, 40 girls were named Mimi, making it the 872nd most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2006, with 45 births (#696).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Mimi with other names.

In 2025, 14 girls born in the United States were named Mimi, the 7,765th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1961, when 168 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Mimi Rogers
  American actress, born 1956
• Mimi Keene
  British actress, born 1998
• Mimi Kennedy
  American actress, born 1948
• Mimi Leder
  American film/television director and producer, born 1952
• Mimi Kodheli
  Albanian politician, born 1964
• Mimi Hafida
  Algerian poet and artist (born 1965)
• Mimi Walters
  American politician in California (born 1962)
• Mimi Kuzyk
  Canadian actress (b. 1952)
• Mimi Miyagi
  American pornographic actress, born 1973
• Mimi Belete
  Bahraini middle- and long-distance runner of Ethiopian descent, born 1988
• Mimi Hristova
  Bulgarian amateur wrestler, born 1993
• Mimi Fariña
  American musician (1945–2001)

What does the name Mimi mean?

From French and Italian Mimi.

How popular is the name Mimi?

In 2025, 40 girls born in England and Wales were named Mimi, ranking 872nd. Its peak was 2006, with 45 births.

Is Mimi a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 6,950 US babies named Mimi since 1880 were girls.

When was Mimi most popular?

1961 in the United States, when 168 babies were named Mimi, its highest rank at 812th.