Ximena

An older Spanish form of Jimena, historically traced to the medieval Basque name Semen or linked as a feminine cognate of Simon. The spelling preserves the archaic Castilian letter X before the sound shifted to modern J. American birth certificates registered the name in 1966, followed by a steep climb in the early two-thousands.

The name belongs overwhelmingly to the twenty-first century classroom. With an average bearer age of eleven, it suggests someone navigating middle school group projects on a school-issued tablet. It carries a brisk, confident rhythm that bypassed the late-twentieth-century baby books entirely. Most people who carry it have never encountered a dial tone.