girl's name

Chimene

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 954

Chimene is a girl's name. In 1989 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 2003, when 115 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1941.

Chimene over time

Births per decade in France, 1940s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

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'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Chimene by decade in France
Decade Births
1940s 5
1950s 15
1960s 85
1970s 105
1980s 60
1990s 50
2000s 370
2010s (to 2011) 40

How popular is Chimene?

In 2011, Chimene was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Chimene is used

France as Chimène #5,891 5 in 2018
United States #13,787 5 in 1989

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Chimene is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Chimène Chimène is a rare spelling of Chimene, written with a grave accent and recorded about 60 times, mostly in France. 60

Names that peaked alongside Chimene

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Chimene also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Chimene over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Chimene

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Chimene — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Chimene

How popular is the name Chimene?

In 2011, Chimene was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Chimene is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Chimene most popular?

Chimene peaked in 2003, when 115 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.