Jim
Last seen for girls in 1984 at #10,422 · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 396 births
- Debut · boys
- 345 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 51 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 153,122since 1880
Jim over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,128 | 38 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,433 | 23 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,002 | 27 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,412 | 34 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,180 | 37 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,925 | 40 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,052 | 39 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,994 | 39 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,123 | 37 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,783 | 43 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,809 | 42 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,154 | 63 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,182 | 60 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,238 | 58 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,145 | 61 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,100 | 64 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,183 | 61 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,719 | 88 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,830 | 79 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,536 | 97 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,535 | 92 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,394 | 102 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,348 | 101 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,191 | 117 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,265 | 105 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,152 | 120 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,215 | 104 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,068 | 123 | |
| 1997 | — | #997 | 129 | |
| 1996 | — | #874 | 157 | |
| 1995 | — | #861 | 158 | |
| 1994 | — | #807 | 171 | |
| 1993 | — | #817 | 167 | |
| 1992 | — | #740 | 195 | |
| 1991 | — | #751 | 184 | |
| 1990 | — | #685 | 219 | |
| 1989 | — | #708 | 193 | |
| 1988 | — | #644 | 215 | |
| 1987 | — | #583 | 241 | |
| 1986 | — | #597 | 222 | |
| 1985 | — | #607 | 207 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #540 | 256 |
| 1983 | — | #502 | 279 | |
| 1982 | — | #482 | 313 | |
| 1981 | — | #466 | 319 | |
| 1980 | — | #486 | 302 | |
| 1979 | — | #414 | 369 | |
| 1978 | — | #410 | 359 | |
| 1977 | — | #390 | 408 | |
| 1976 | — | #373 | 420 | |
| 1975 | — | #372 | 439 | |
| 1974 | — | #325 | 541 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #302 | 585 |
| 1972 | — | #275 | 707 | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #246 | 934 |
| 1970 | — | #204 | 1,259 | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #190 | 1,427 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #177 | 1,502 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #151 | 1,806 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #136 | 2,197 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #116 | 2,772 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #101 | 3,644 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #92 | 4,237 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #85 | 4,715 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #78 | 5,352 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #75 | 5,549 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #70 | 5,688 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #87 | 4,921 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #106 | 3,543 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #148 | 2,188 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #167 | 1,699 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #174 | 1,593 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #172 | 1,535 |
| 1952 | — | #172 | 1,523 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #164 | 1,595 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #139 | 1,930 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #108 | 2,725 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #86 | 3,808 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #77 | 4,640 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #73 | 4,336 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #68 | 3,625 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #68 | 3,744 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #75 | 3,682 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #74 | 3,514 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #80 | 2,843 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | #78 | 2,715 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | #75 | 2,636 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #81 | 2,497 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #82 | 2,347 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #85 | 2,268 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | #90 | 2,244 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | #90 | 2,207 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | #98 | 1,875 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #104 | 1,765 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #116 | 1,520 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | #125 | 1,464 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #132 | 1,290 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 | #137 | 1,237 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #136 | 1,293 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #143 | 1,165 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #147 | 1,124 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #160 | 992 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #167 | 867 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | #169 | 881 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #165 | 879 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #165 | 838 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #157 | 848 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | #165 | 827 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #163 | 774 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | #177 | 684 |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | #170 | 668 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #174 | 513 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #154 | 473 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #149 | 401 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #134 | 245 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | #100 | 331 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #105 | 259 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #117 | 220 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #90 | 281 |
| 1906 | — | #90 | 261 | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #95 | 236 |
| 1904 | — | #85 | 266 | |
| 1903 | — | #83 | 257 | |
| 1902 | — | #77 | 300 | |
| 1901 | — | #81 | 239 | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #68 | 399 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #70 | 261 |
| 1898 | — | #77 | 269 | |
| 1897 | — | #75 | 252 | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | #71 | 281 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #71 | 278 |
| 1894 | — | #70 | 287 | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | #74 | 255 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | #64 | 334 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | #63 | 288 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | #62 | 336 |
| 1889 | — | #58 | 328 | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #56 | 362 |
| 1887 | — | #50 | 339 | |
| 1886 | — | #49 | 389 | |
| 1885 | — | #46 | 370 | |
| 1884 | — | #55 | 346 | |
| 1883 | — | #52 | 322 | |
| 1882 | — | #45 | 396 | |
| 1881 | — | #47 | 323 | |
| 1880 | — | #49 | 345 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jim was already there! It came in at #49, and was given to 345 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2022–2024, when fewer than 35 boys a year got the name.
See more about Jim
- 1,305 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #3,128)
- 203 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #3,128)
- 319 spots since 2015 (#2,809 → #3,128)
- Biggest jump: 42 spots in 1957 (#148 → #106)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1997 (#874 → #997)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #45 (396 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 107 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 51 yrs · run 1880–1907
- Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1997
- Highest: 1 in 285 boys born in 1886 were named Jim (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #45 in 1882, was only 1 in 287 (0.35%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.3% of all boys named Jim (35,632) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,520 | #45 (1882) | #51 |
| 1890s | 2,841 | #62 (1890) | #70 |
| 1900s | 2,718 | #68 (1900) | #89 |
| 1910s | 5,764 | #100 (1910) | #154 |
| 1920s | 10,566 | #132 (1929) | #152 |
| 1930s | 20,823 | #75 (1939) | #95 |
| 1940s | 35,632 | #68 (1944) | #79 |
| 1950s | 26,215 | #70 (1959) | #140 |
| 1960s | 33,201 | #75 (1960) | #120 |
| 1970s | 6,021 | #204 (1970) | #331 |
| 1980s | 2,547 | #466 (1981) | #562 |
| 1990s | 1,607 | #685 (1990) | #882 |
| 2000s | 962 | #1,152 (2000) | #1,515 |
| 2010s | 506 | #2,100 (2010) | #2,558 |
| 2020s | 199 | #2,925 (2020) | #3,513 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jim in 1900
Top girls' names in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
girls
299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 33,309 of them was named Jim, which outranked 40.7% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,231Vivienne10
- #1,231Vonnie10
- #1,231Zelpha10
- #1,319Jim9
- #1,319Agness9
- #1,319Aida9
- #1,319Aldora9
- #1,431Adel8
- #1,431Adelaida8
- #1,431Alba8
Tied with 111 names at #1,319; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
- ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
- ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 377 of them was named Jim, which outranked 95.5% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.