Chimera

keye-MEE-uh-ruh /kaɪˈmiəɹə/
girl 3 syllables fading

Chimera is a very rare girls' name that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.

Chimera is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Chimera was first reported in SSA data in 1980 and peaked in 1983 (11 births).

About the name Chimera

Pronunciationkeye-MEE-uh-ruh /kaɪˈmiəɹə/
11peak births 1983
1980first in SSA data

Names similar to Chimera

How popular is Chimera?

Girls named Chimera
19801990200020102017
Girls named Chimera per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1980–2017 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2017) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Chimera total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201755#16,391
200155#15,851
19955—#13,851
19855—#10,975
198311—#5,890
19815—#10,699
198010—#6,382