The first name Ximena
A girl’s name from Spanish.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Spanish origin
A female given name from Spanish or Basque.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Ximena last appeared in the official list in 2022, given to 5 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Ximena with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Ximena at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 1,686 girls born in the United States were named Ximena, the 183rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2016, when 2,680 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.
Famous people named Ximena
7 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Ximena RestrepoColombian sprinter, born 1969
- Ximena DuqueColombian actress and model, born 1985
- Ximena HerreraBolivian actress, born 1979
- Ximena AbarcaChilean singer and actress, born 1981
- Ximena GalarzaBolivian journalist, born 1972
- Ximena RincónChilean lawyer, born 1958
- Beatriz AllendeChilean politician, revolutionary and surgeon (1942-1977)
More Spanish girls’ names
Questions
- What is the origin of the name Ximena?
- Ximena comes from Spanish.
- How popular is the name Ximena?
- In 2022, 5 girls born in England and Wales were named Ximena, ranking 3,970th.
- Is Ximena a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 39,669 US babies named Ximena since 1880 were girls.
- When was Ximena most popular?
- 2016 in the United States, when 2,680 babies were named Ximena, its highest rank at 120th.