Jimma

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jimma by the numbers

Jimma was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jimma

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jimma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jemmagem or jewel; spelling variant of Gemma491 in the US (2017)
  • Jimenahearkening; a form of Ximena772 in the US (2017)
  • Jemimadove90 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jamya81 in the US (2017)
  • Jamia73 in the US (2017)
  • Jiana12 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Jimma

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