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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #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.

Where Jimmie is popular in 1914

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #299 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,909 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedMINew York: #435 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 9,074 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #182 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,311 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #276 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,443 boysMOKentucky: #149 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 887 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #208 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,548 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedNMKansas: #220 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,702 boysKSArkansas: #106 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 456 boysARTennessee: #75 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 417 boysTNNorth Carolina: #121 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 660 boysNCSouth Carolina: #97 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 541 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #88 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 357 boysOKLouisiana: #80 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 343 boysLAMississippi: #44 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 222 boysMSAlabama: #56 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 253 boysALGeorgia: #68 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 309 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmie, so not publishedHITexas: #96 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 435 boysTXFlorida: #77 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 355 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#44 · 1 in 222
  2. Alabama#56 · 1 in 253
  3. Georgia#68 · 1 in 309
  4. Tennessee#75 · 1 in 417
  5. Florida#77 · 1 in 355

Best ever in a state: #13 in Mississippi, 1937.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#44571 in 222
Alabama#56621 in 253
Georgia#68681 in 309
Tennessee#75321 in 417
Florida#77181 in 355
Louisiana#80321 in 343
Oklahoma#88301 in 357
Texas#96671 in 435
South Carolina#97241 in 541
Arkansas#106221 in 456
North Carolina#121291 in 660
Kentucky#149151 in 887
California#182101 in 1,311
Virginia#20891 in 1,548
Kansas#22051 in 1,702
Missouri#27671 in 2,443
Illinois#29991 in 3,909
New York#43571 in 9,074
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1914

girls
#383
192 births · 1 in 3,967 girls
boys
#169
530 births · 1 in 1,235 boys

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #383Jimmie192

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #169Jimmie530
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 3,967 of them was named Jimmie, which outranked 90.9% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jimmie
  1. #380Gretchen196
  2. #381Alvina194
  3. #382Cecil193
  4. #383Jimmie192
  5. #383Gloria192
  6. #385Georgie190
  7. #386Oma189
  8. #387Harriette188

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

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. ↑ 589Rilla#1,358 → #769
  2. ↑ 587Venita#1,465 → #878
  3. ↑ 509Orene#1,465 → #956
  4. ↑ 486Vonnie#1,405 → #919
  5. ↑ 463Kathlyn#1,020 → #557
Fallers
  1. ↓ 837Christena#981 → #1,818
  2. ↓ 642Tiny#961 → #1,603
  3. ↓ 504Dominga#881 → #1,385
  4. ↓ 504Florrie#881 → #1,385
  5. ↓ 419Veola#925 → #1,344

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

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 1,235 of them was named Jimmie, which outranked 95.5% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jimmie
  1. #166August533
  2. #166Marshall533
  3. #168Calvin531
  4. #169Jimmie530
  5. #169Bruce530
  6. #171Nelson527
  7. #172Felix526
  8. #173Don521

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

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. ↑ 817Gilmore#1,803 → #986
  2. ↑ 647Santos#1,580 → #933
  3. ↑ 546Lorenza#1,365 → #819
  4. ↑ 534Bobby#1,441 → #907
  5. ↑ 534Gino#1,441 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 918Bernardo#950 → #1,868
  2. ↓ 692Eston#995 → #1,687
  3. ↓ 692Rolf#995 → #1,687
  4. ↓ 613Orson#995 → #1,608
  5. ↓ 458West#930 → #1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914 →