Jimmie

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births
Given to boys 83.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1934 · 2,837 births
Debut · boys
24 births
In top 100 · boys
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
112,267
since 1880

Jimmie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #254, 1934peak #68, 1934girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#3,65830
2024#3,39434
2023#13,4626#2,73747
2022#3,10039
2021#11,1468#2,46454
2020#13,4536#2,11366
2019#12,4487#2,55651
2018#15,6825#2,44553
2017#14,1246#1,97772
2016#2,04769
2015#10,8669#2,00172
2014#16,5135#1,84480
2013#1,62494
2012#1,67691
2011#1,66690
2010#1,470111
2009#1,562104
2008#1,467112
2007#1,445111
2006#12,4208#1,301127
2005#1,460100
2004#10,6909#1,196128
2003#13,8446#1,082143
2002#13,5956#1,228111
2001#9,35110#992154
2000#8,02712#949160
1999#12,6886#859176
1998#8,01611#878165
1997#9,8028#775193
1996#6,06415#742206
1995#6,64113#769194
1994#4,84520#674235
1993#5,95515#681228
1992#6,31414#637261
1991#7,98710#573310
1990#5,83515#554332
1989#4,35821#549313
1988#4,17221#507327
1987#3,98321#500318
1986#3,13529#488320
1985#4,45517#470341
1984#3,32925#465330
1983#2,97528#417384
1982#3,64722#423390
1981#2,56336#415400
1980#2,44039#363484
1979#2,62134#387431
1978#2,43136#349484
1977#1,95250#356488
1976#2,17439#339507
1975#1,57163#312577
1974#1,91345#315581
1973#1,54860#291625
1972#1,22686#284668
1971#1,50067#274773
1970#1,19695#266817
1969#1,29076#254826
1968#1,22380#247840
1967#1,23974#238864
1966#1,20979#233924
1965#1,032102#239948
1964#982117#2311,053
1963#983117#2251,121
1962#1,12693#2361,070
1961#911141#2261,223
1960#1,007114#2161,305
1959#837150#2151,286
1958#780164#2061,316
1957#834148#1911,469
1956#729176#1891,475
1955#667196#1921,386
1954#639205#1711,621
1953#561242#1671,628
1952#549244#1631,642
1951#479295#1451,811
1950#488274#1411,901
1949#437328#1302,091
1948#419355#1202,362
1947#386424#1132,600
1946#397368#1042,565
1945#348390#1022,294
1944#304484#982,398
1943#289578#952,628
1942#298528#942,541
1941#301457#892,473
1940#288478#862,408
1939#281494#802,524
1938#281510#762,693
1937#265553#722,679
1936#264526#712,742
1935#261550#692,829
1934#254614#682,837
1933#258566#722,491
1932#271522#752,475
1931#262552#812,288
1930#261575#862,255
1929#286513#981,952
1928#277555#1001,924
1927#279565#1081,719
1926#295517#1151,609
1925#281560#1211,485
1924#310465#1321,315
1923#327391#1411,162
1922#326399#1401,117
1921#320422#1471,051
1920#332385#1471,024
1919#333367#1421,020
1918#340366#158874
1917#340337#176712
1916#339330#179667
1915#385248#183611
1914#383192#169530
1913#355186#158452
1912#360162#160366
1911#359123#135243
1910#347130#124259
1909#319129#142185
1908#345106#147160
1907#335109#144160
1906#34989#148139
1905#326106#151136
1904#34987#154124
1903#34683#145128
1902#32393#149123
1901#34976#15699
1900#33998#176118
1899#39054#21361
1898#39660#21964
1897#37958#24949
1896#36065#26546
1895#43343#21365
1894#38653#26144
1893#37452#25846
1892#37351#29838
1891#38741#25140
1890#37345#29434
1889#39837#31830
1888#41336#31432
1887#37832#28933
1886#35636#28037
1885#38628#34425
1884#34932#34426
1883#42320#32426
1882#37722#39920
1881#34622#37520
1880#43515#35024
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jimmie was already there! It came in at #350, and was given to 24 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 27 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jimmie
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 264 spots since 2024 (#3,394#3,658)
  • 1,545 spots since 2020 (#2,113#3,658)
  • 1,657 spots since 2015 (#2,001#3,658)
  • Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1883 (#399#324)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 2002 (#992#1,228)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1934 at #68 (2,837 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1928–1944
  • Top 1,000: 122 yrs · run 1880–2001
Share of babies · boys
1 in 364
  • Highest: 1 in 364 boys born in 1934 were named Jimmie (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 56,936 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 23.0% of all boys named Jimmie (25,813) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1898
  • Mostly girls until 1897, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s273#280 (1886)#334
1890s487#213 (1895)#252
1900s1,372#142 (1909)#151
1910s5,734#124 (1910)#158
1920s14,358#98 (1929)#125
1930s25,813#68 (1934)#75
1940s24,360#86 (1940)#103
1950s15,535#141 (1950)#178
1960s10,174#216 (1960)#235
1970s5,951#266 (1970)#317
1980s3,607#363 (1980)#460
1990s2,300#554 (1990)#714
2000s1,250#949 (2000)#1,268
2010s783#1,470 (2010)#1,931
2020s270#2,113 (2020)#2,911

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.

Jimmie in 1987

girls
#3,983
21 births · 1 in 82,792 girls
boys
#500
318 births · 1 in 5,871 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #3,983Jimmie21

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #500Jimmie318
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 82,792 of them was named Jimmie, which outranked 70.0% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jimmie
  1. #3,857Venita22
  2. #3,857Yara22
  3. #3,857Yomaira22
  4. #3,983Jimmie21
  5. #3,983Adelia21
  6. #3,983Aditi21
  7. #3,983Aleece21
  8. #4,122Abigayle20
  9. #4,122Abril20
  10. #4,122Alexzandria20

Tied with 138 names at #3,983; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 5,871 of them was named Jimmie, which outranked 93.9% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jimmie
  1. #496Zackery322
  2. #498Leonardo320
  3. #498Moises320
  4. #500Jimmie318
  5. #500Tracy318
  6. #502Chaz317
  7. #503Rocky316
  8. #504Tomas315

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987