Jimmy

Last seen for girls in 2002 at #15,432 · #846 for boys in 2025, 291 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1944 · 6,320 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
45 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
288,737
since 1883

Jimmy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #41, 1944boys
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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#846291
2024#848286
2023#820299
2022#777325
2021#756335
2020#727340
2019#673385
2018#654392
2017#593460
2016#555517
2015#575488
2014#522536
2013#480574
2012#462589
2011#418667
2010#373772
2009#368824
2008#355882
2007#332961
2006#324988
2005#3031,086
2004#2801,134
2003#2771,126
2002#15,4325#2661,170
2001#2771,106
2000#15,0315#2721,189
1999#2721,097
1998#11,1387#2651,088
1997#13,7245#2441,228
1996#13,5185#2231,361
1995#2191,355
1994#8,12210#2101,374
1993#8,7199#1991,528
1992#9,4918#2001,555
1991#11,5096#1831,732
1990#5,28617#1721,788
1989#5,54515#1751,745
1988#4,65318#1611,731
1987#4,85716#1551,810
1986#3,55424#1501,820
1985#3,98320#1491,867
1984#3,61322#1342,069
1983#3,80620#1262,089
1982#4,16718#1322,090
1981#3,73921#1292,096
1980#4,74315#1262,205
1979#3,14726#1232,232
1978#3,09825#1182,168
1977#3,26723#982,637
1976#2,54631#1012,495
1975#3,15522#1112,357
1974#2,75726#992,568
1973#3,01522#952,735
1972#2,82024#972,932
1971#2,29634#933,315
1970#2,24035#863,660
1969#2,29631#793,757
1968#2,09133#763,814
1967#1,82141#744,021
1966#2,58622#774,238
1965#2,46424#814,529
1964#2,04034#784,913
1963#2,36426#785,043
1962#1,75742#755,518
1961#1,89337#715,749
1960#2,01332#695,817
1959#1,76539#695,830
1958#1,93932#735,618
1957#1,68141#775,667
1956#1,79635#785,345
1955#1,64139#785,036
1954#1,98728#745,327
1953#1,78331#725,310
1952#1,71333#725,311
1951#1,70132#625,687
1950#1,57635#555,761
1949#1,60334#536,417
1948#1,64832#506,927
1947#1,19357#447,881
1946#1,61730#427,128
1945#1,31237#416,159
1944#1,20543#416,320
1943#1,30539#426,444
1942#1,43832#475,949
1941#1,38431#455,336
1940#1,34731#444,962
1939#1,47426#434,753
1938#1,26833#454,730
1937#1,16038#454,517
1936#1,26732#464,214
1935#1,19735#474,171
1934#1,07942#563,696
1933#1,19735#642,932
1932#97952#762,461
1931#1,33630#892,126
1930#1,40330#1021,799
1929#1,59824#1151,489
1928#1,39431#1381,226
1927#1,61926#158993
1926#1,54128#166882
1925#1,46631#197708
1924#1,81123#250529
1923#2,46514#268439
1922#2,95811#288381
1921#4,4646#297361
1920#2,59013#325324
1919#2,26415#374239
1918#1,96319#415198
1917#3,3448#426177
1916#2,24614#431172
1915#2,52611#472136
1914#2,6388#478103
1913#1,88311#44294
1912#43979
1911#2,4635#43245
1910#35951
1909#37840
1908#41333
1907#42929
1906#31643
1905#43025
1904#39028
1903#38126
1902#50718
1901#45318
1900#33042
1899#52114
1898#50517
1897#68110
1896#55114
1895#60912
1894#52115
1893#7059
1892#7489
1891#52412
1890#60311
1889#9745
1888#1,0315
1887
1886
1885
1884#7647
1883#7207
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Jimmy! It came in at #720, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jimmy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#848#846)
  • 119 spots since 2020 (#727#846)
  • 271 spots since 2015 (#575#846)
  • Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1890 (#974#603)
  • Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1892 (#524#748)
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1944 at #41 (6,320 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 45 yrs · run 1931–1974
  • Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1889–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 216
  • Highest: 1 in 216 boys born in 1944 were named Jimmy (0.46%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,870 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 22.0% of all boys named Jimmy (63,523) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#720 (1883)#872
1890s123#505 (1898)#597
1900s302#316 (1906)#403
1910s1,294#359 (1910)#427
1920s7,332#115 (1929)#220
1930s35,399#43 (1939)#61
1940s63,523#41 (1944)#45
1950s54,892#55 (1950)#71
1960s47,399#69 (1960)#76
1970s27,099#86 (1970)#102
1980s19,522#126 (1980)#144
1990s14,106#172 (1990)#219
2000s10,466#266 (2002)#305
2010s5,380#373 (2010)#531
2020s1,876#727 (2020)#796

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.

Jimmy in 1921

girls
#4,464
6 births · 1 in 205,510 girls
boys
#297
361 births · 1 in 3,051 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #4,464Jimmy6

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #297Jimmy361
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 205,510 of them was named Jimmy, which outranked 24.0% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jimmy
  1. #4,023Zerline7
  2. #4,023Zoa7
  3. #4,023Zuma7
  4. #4,464Jimmy6
  5. #4,464Abelina6
  6. #4,464Adamae6
  7. #4,464Addell6
  8. #5,099Abbey5
  9. #5,099Adalee5
  10. #5,099Adam5

Tied with 634 names at #4,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

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

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 3,051 of them was named Jimmy, which outranked 94.0% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jimmy
  1. #293Elmo370
  2. #295Lynn366
  3. #296Roosevelt365
  4. #297Jimmy361
  5. #297Rodney361
  6. #299Francisco360
  7. #299Jake360
  8. #301Clark357

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

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

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

See the top 100 for 1921