Mimi
About Mimi
Sweet, nicknamey name belonging to the tragic heroines of both La Bohème and Rent. Mimi might feel too slight for many parents to use on the birth certificate, but as a short form, it's one of the cutest of the cute baby names.
Pronounced MEE-mee.
As of October 2026, Mimi ranked #7765 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #796 in 1956.
Editor's take: The name Mimi is a girl's name of French origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
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Mimi on lists
Famous Mimis
- (Margarita) Mimi Baez Farina
American folk singer, sister of singer Joan Baez
- Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith
aunt and guardian of musician John Lennon
- Miriam "Mimi" Leder
American film director
- Miriam Frances "Mimi" Macpherson
Australian environmentalist and entrepreneur; sister of supermodel Elle Macpherson
- Mimi O'Donnell
costume designer; partner of late actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman
- Mimi Pond
American TV writer and graphic novelist
- Mimi Rogers
American actress
- Mimi Ikonn
English YouTuber
- Mimi Landes
daughter of American actor Michael Landes
- Mimi Imfurst
drag queen and contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race season 3 and Rupaul's Drag Race: All Stars
Mimi in pop culture
- Mimi Marquez
character in musical "Rent," based on opera "La Boheme"
- Mimi Lockhart
character on American soap 'Days of Our Lives'
- Mimi Bobeck
character on TV's "The Drew Carey Show"
- Mimi Morton
character on TV's "What About Mimi?"
- Mimi Tachikawa
character in anime "Digimon Adventure"
- Mimi Slocumb
character in film "Igby Goes Down"
- Mimi Yamamoto
character in the Baby,Sitters Club series
- Mimi Miney
character in the Ace Attorney video game series
- Mimi Gunn
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Mimi
a fairy,like being In Australian Aboriginal mythology, said to have taught the local Aborigines how to hunt, prepare kangaroo meat and use fire
- Mimmi
mermaid on TV's "Mako Mermaids"
- Mimi
character in TV series, "Canimals"