Cimani
Feminine
Cimani is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 290 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Cimani is a recent American coinage on the -mani ending, in the same group as Imani, Amani and Jimani — a built name with an audible family.
How old is the name Cimani?
Cimani first appears in US birth records in 2023 — 2 years ago. Cimani is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Cimanis are still in diapers. About 300 people named Cimani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cimani most popular?
Cimani peaked in 2025, reaching #1769 nationally. Today it ranks #1769, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cimani
Our story of Cimani is a story of an ending that outgrew its source. Imani is Swahili for faith and entered American naming in the 1970s; Amani, peace, came with it. Both are real words. What followed was a family of names sharing their shape rather than their language — Cimani, Jimani, Timani. Cimani appears in the American registers in the 2000s. The ending has a real origin; this particular compound does not, and saying so plainly is better than borrowing one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology. The -mani ending circulates from Imani, the Swahili for 'faith', and Amani, 'peace'. Whether Cimani descends from either or is a free coinage on the sound is not documented. Honest sources record it as a modern coinage.
Pronouncing Cimani
sih-MAH-nee
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some bearers say kih-MAH-nee with a hard c.
Nicknames for Cimani
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
- First recorded
- 2023
- Most girls named
- 2025114 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1769reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +4.6%114 in 2025, from 109
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cimani in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Simani in English — spelling variant
- Imani in Swahili — related form
- Amani in Swahili — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Georgia.
Cimanis among us
people named Cimani are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 14,099 born in 2025 was named Cimani
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Cimani
- #1769
- Cimani on the 2025 chart
- #825
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cimani went to 114 girls in 2025, but Simani, Cymani and Symani are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 135, which makes it the 825th most-given girls’ name of the year — 944 places above the chart.
- Cimani114
- Simani9
- Cymani7
- Symani5
About 1 girl in 11,906 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 14,099 for Cimani itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Celinda test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cimani's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Celinda climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Celinda's path sketches the road Cimani is walking now.
Cimani is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Cimani beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cimani in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Mani is available as a short form with real use.
- Three syllables with a strong middle, a rhythm that carries well.
- It belongs to a documented period of American name-building.
- There is no inherited meaning, and honest sources say so.
- The initial consonant splits between soft and hard readings.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cimanis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Cimani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Cimani?
- Cimani is the most-used spelling in US records — 114 of the 135 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Simani, Cymani and Symani.
- How popular is the name Cimani in 2025?
- Cimani ranks #1769 among US girl names in 2025, with 114 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cimani?
- About 1 in every 14,099 US girls born in 2025 was named Cimani — 114 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cimani with classmates?
- Cimani will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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