Jimmie

Where Jimmie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jimmie.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Jimmie through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #350 among boys, with 24 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1898
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1934
    Peak, #68
    2,837 babies named Jimmie, the most in any year.
  4. 1955
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #192.
  5. 1975
    Jimmie Johnson born
    American racing driver
  6. 1979
    Jimmie Åkesson born
    Swedish politician
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name James.
Namesakes
  • Jimmie Johnson · American racing driver, born 1975
  • Jimmie Åkesson · Swedish politician, born 1979
  • Jimmie Wilson · American singer, born 1981
  • Jimmie Vaughan · American blues rock guitarist and singer, born 1951
  • Jimmie Walker · American actor, born 1947

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.