Chimere
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #13,006 · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 167 births
- Debut · girls
- 78 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 824since 1979
Chimere over time
Rank among girls' names. Chimere has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
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| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
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| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
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| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,866 | 57 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,138 | 123 | — | |
| 1981 | #991 | 147 | — | |
| 1980 | #902 | 167 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,503 | 78 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chimere! It came in at #1,503, and was given to 78 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1994, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Chimere is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#287 · 1 in 1,836
- Connecticut#395 · 1 in 2,978
- Virginia#435 · 1 in 3,313
- Michigan#438 · 1 in 3,767
- South Carolina#505 · 1 in 3,580
Best ever in a state: #287 in Maryland, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #287 | 11 | 1 in 1,836 |
| Connecticut | #395 | 5 | 1 in 2,978 |
| Virginia | #435 | 9 | 1 in 3,313 |
| Michigan | #438 | 16 | 1 in 3,767 |
| South Carolina | #505 | 5 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Georgia | #531 | 9 | 1 in 3,920 |
| Wisconsin | #543 | 5 | 1 in 6,298 |
| Florida | #580 | 12 | 1 in 4,301 |
| Pennsylvania | #625 | 11 | 1 in 6,269 |
| New Jersey | #643 | 7 | 1 in 5,315 |
| Illinois | #656 | 14 | 1 in 5,521 |
| New York | #773 | 15 | 1 in 6,657 |
| Ohio | #939 | 6 | 1 in 12,219 |
| Texas | #1,397 | 7 | 1 in 17,126 |
| California | #2,007 | 6 | 1 in 28,951 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chimere
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 601 spots in 1980 (#1,503 → #902)
- Biggest drop: 147 spots in 1982 (#991 → #1,138)
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 1980 at #902 (167 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1980–1981
- Highest: 1 in 9,942 girls born in 1980 were named Chimere (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 255,014 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 79.6% of all girls named Chimere (656) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 78 | #1,503 (1979) | #1,503 |
| 1980s | 656 | #902 (1980) | #3,066 |
| 1990s | 42 | #7,303 (1990) | #9,582 |
| 2000s | 41 | #10,745 (2000) | #13,555 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,006 (2015) | #13,006 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chimere in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 9,942 of them was named Chimere, which outranked 92.6% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #898Tyra169
- #900Jeana168
- #900Pearl168
- #902Chimere167
- #902Francisca167
- #902Leona167
- #902Magdalena167
- #909Ada166
- #909Nichol166
- #909Perla166
Tied with 6 names at #902; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.