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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 2,837 births
- Debut · boys
- 24 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 17 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 112,267since 1880
Jimmie over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #14,942 | 5 | #3,658 | 30 |
| 2024 | — | #3,394 | 34 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #2,737 | 47 |
| 2022 | — | #3,100 | 39 | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #2,113 | 66 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #2,556 | 51 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #2,445 | 53 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #1,977 | 72 |
| 2016 | — | #2,047 | 69 | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #2,001 | 72 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,844 | 80 |
| 2013 | — | #1,624 | 94 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,676 | 91 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,666 | 90 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,470 | 111 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,562 | 104 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,467 | 112 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,445 | 111 | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #1,301 | 127 |
| 2005 | — | #1,460 | 100 | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #1,196 | 128 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #1,082 | 143 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #1,228 | 111 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #992 | 154 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #949 | 160 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #859 | 176 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #878 | 165 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #775 | 193 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #742 | 206 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #769 | 194 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #674 | 235 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #681 | 228 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #637 | 261 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #573 | 310 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #554 | 332 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #549 | 313 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #507 | 327 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #500 | 318 |
| 1986 | #3,135 | 29 | #488 | 320 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #470 | 341 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | #465 | 330 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | #417 | 384 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #423 | 390 |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 | #415 | 400 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | #363 | 484 |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 | #387 | 431 |
| 1978 | #2,431 | 36 | #349 | 484 |
| 1977 | #1,952 | 50 | #356 | 488 |
| 1976 | #2,174 | 39 | #339 | 507 |
| 1975 | #1,571 | 63 | #312 | 577 |
| 1974 | #1,913 | 45 | #315 | 581 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 60 | #291 | 625 |
| 1972 | #1,226 | 86 | #284 | 668 |
| 1971 | #1,500 | 67 | #274 | 773 |
| 1970 | #1,196 | 95 | #266 | 817 |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 | #254 | 826 |
| 1968 | #1,223 | 80 | #247 | 840 |
| 1967 | #1,239 | 74 | #238 | 864 |
| 1966 | #1,209 | 79 | #233 | 924 |
| 1965 | #1,032 | 102 | #239 | 948 |
| 1964 | #982 | 117 | #231 | 1,053 |
| 1963 | #983 | 117 | #225 | 1,121 |
| 1962 | #1,126 | 93 | #236 | 1,070 |
| 1961 | #911 | 141 | #226 | 1,223 |
| 1960 | #1,007 | 114 | #216 | 1,305 |
| 1959 | #837 | 150 | #215 | 1,286 |
| 1958 | #780 | 164 | #206 | 1,316 |
| 1957 | #834 | 148 | #191 | 1,469 |
| 1956 | #729 | 176 | #189 | 1,475 |
| 1955 | #667 | 196 | #192 | 1,386 |
| 1954 | #639 | 205 | #171 | 1,621 |
| 1953 | #561 | 242 | #167 | 1,628 |
| 1952 | #549 | 244 | #163 | 1,642 |
| 1951 | #479 | 295 | #145 | 1,811 |
| 1950 | #488 | 274 | #141 | 1,901 |
| 1949 | #437 | 328 | #130 | 2,091 |
| 1948 | #419 | 355 | #120 | 2,362 |
| 1947 | #386 | 424 | #113 | 2,600 |
| 1946 | #397 | 368 | #104 | 2,565 |
| 1945 | #348 | 390 | #102 | 2,294 |
| 1944 | #304 | 484 | #98 | 2,398 |
| 1943 | #289 | 578 | #95 | 2,628 |
| 1942 | #298 | 528 | #94 | 2,541 |
| 1941 | #301 | 457 | #89 | 2,473 |
| 1940 | #288 | 478 | #86 | 2,408 |
| 1939 | #281 | 494 | #80 | 2,524 |
| 1938 | #281 | 510 | #76 | 2,693 |
| 1937 | #265 | 553 | #72 | 2,679 |
| 1936 | #264 | 526 | #71 | 2,742 |
| 1935 | #261 | 550 | #69 | 2,829 |
| 1934 | #254 | 614 | #68 | 2,837 |
| 1933 | #258 | 566 | #72 | 2,491 |
| 1932 | #271 | 522 | #75 | 2,475 |
| 1931 | #262 | 552 | #81 | 2,288 |
| 1930 | #261 | 575 | #86 | 2,255 |
| 1929 | #286 | 513 | #98 | 1,952 |
| 1928 | #277 | 555 | #100 | 1,924 |
| 1927 | #279 | 565 | #108 | 1,719 |
| 1926 | #295 | 517 | #115 | 1,609 |
| 1925 | #281 | 560 | #121 | 1,485 |
| 1924 | #310 | 465 | #132 | 1,315 |
| 1923 | #327 | 391 | #141 | 1,162 |
| 1922 | #326 | 399 | #140 | 1,117 |
| 1921 | #320 | 422 | #147 | 1,051 |
| 1920 | #332 | 385 | #147 | 1,024 |
| 1919 | #333 | 367 | #142 | 1,020 |
| 1918 | #340 | 366 | #158 | 874 |
| 1917 | #340 | 337 | #176 | 712 |
| 1916 | #339 | 330 | #179 | 667 |
| 1915 | #385 | 248 | #183 | 611 |
| 1914 | #383 | 192 | #169 | 530 |
| 1913 | #355 | 186 | #158 | 452 |
| 1912 | #360 | 162 | #160 | 366 |
| 1911 | #359 | 123 | #135 | 243 |
| 1910 | #347 | 130 | #124 | 259 |
| 1909 | #319 | 129 | #142 | 185 |
| 1908 | #345 | 106 | #147 | 160 |
| 1907 | #335 | 109 | #144 | 160 |
| 1906 | #349 | 89 | #148 | 139 |
| 1905 | #326 | 106 | #151 | 136 |
| 1904 | #349 | 87 | #154 | 124 |
| 1903 | #346 | 83 | #145 | 128 |
| 1902 | #323 | 93 | #149 | 123 |
| 1901 | #349 | 76 | #156 | 99 |
| 1900 | #339 | 98 | #176 | 118 |
| 1899 | #390 | 54 | #213 | 61 |
| 1898 | #396 | 60 | #219 | 64 |
| 1897 | #379 | 58 | #249 | 49 |
| 1896 | #360 | 65 | #265 | 46 |
| 1895 | #433 | 43 | #213 | 65 |
| 1894 | #386 | 53 | #261 | 44 |
| 1893 | #374 | 52 | #258 | 46 |
| 1892 | #373 | 51 | #298 | 38 |
| 1891 | #387 | 41 | #251 | 40 |
| 1890 | #373 | 45 | #294 | 34 |
| 1889 | #398 | 37 | #318 | 30 |
| 1888 | #413 | 36 | #314 | 32 |
| 1887 | #378 | 32 | #289 | 33 |
| 1886 | #356 | 36 | #280 | 37 |
| 1885 | #386 | 28 | #344 | 25 |
| 1884 | #349 | 32 | #344 | 26 |
| 1883 | #423 | 20 | #324 | 26 |
| 1882 | #377 | 22 | #399 | 20 |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 | #375 | 20 |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 | #350 | 24 |
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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#190 · 1 in 1,113
- Oklahoma#205 · 1 in 1,423
- Missouri#233 · 1 in 2,041
- Tennessee#234 · 1 in 1,933
- Alabama#235 · 1 in 1,687
Best ever in a state: #13 in Mississippi, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #190 | 17 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Oklahoma | #205 | 15 | 1 in 1,423 |
| Missouri | #233 | 18 | 1 in 2,041 |
| Tennessee | #234 | 17 | 1 in 1,933 |
| Alabama | #235 | 16 | 1 in 1,687 |
| New Mexico | #239 | 8 | 1 in 1,281 |
| Kansas | #245 | 8 | 1 in 2,104 |
| Kentucky | #262 | 10 | 1 in 2,816 |
| Florida | #265 | 29 | 1 in 1,888 |
| Arkansas | #279 | 7 | 1 in 2,277 |
| Illinois | #285 | 34 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Indiana | #289 | 13 | 1 in 3,159 |
| Louisiana | #298 | 19 | 1 in 1,837 |
| North Carolina | #298 | 14 | 1 in 2,683 |
| Georgia | #316 | 15 | 1 in 2,619 |
| Colorado | #326 | 7 | 1 in 3,110 |
| Virginia | #336 | 10 | 1 in 3,327 |
| Maryland | #338 | 6 | 1 in 3,777 |
| South Carolina | #338 | 8 | 1 in 2,632 |
| Ohio | #353 | 17 | 1 in 4,729 |
| Wisconsin | #359 | 6 | 1 in 5,755 |
| Michigan | #366 | 14 | 1 in 4,788 |
| Texas | #399 | 38 | 1 in 3,245 |
| Arizona | #443 | 5 | 1 in 4,185 |
| New Jersey | #527 | 6 | 1 in 7,073 |
| New York | #533 | 16 | 1 in 6,939 |
| California | #535 | 27 | 1 in 6,657 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 6 | 1 in 12,678 |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 273 | #280 (1886) | #334 |
| 1890s | 487 | #213 (1895) | #252 |
| 1900s | 1,372 | #142 (1909) | #151 |
| 1910s | 5,734 | #124 (1910) | #158 |
| 1920s | 14,358 | #98 (1929) | #125 |
| 1930s | 25,813 | #68 (1934) | #75 |
| 1940s | 24,360 | #86 (1940) | #103 |
| 1950s | 15,535 | #141 (1950) | #178 |
| 1960s | 10,174 | #216 (1960) | #235 |
| 1970s | 5,951 | #266 (1970) | #317 |
| 1980s | 3,607 | #363 (1980) | #460 |
| 1990s | 2,300 | #554 (1990) | #714 |
| 2000s | 1,250 | #949 (2000) | #1,268 |
| 2010s | 783 | #1,470 (2010) | #1,931 |
| 2020s | 270 | #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 1979
girls
#2,621
34 births · 1 in 47,214 girls
boys
#387
431 births · 1 in 3,994 boys
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 47,214 of them was named Jimmie, which outranked 78.1% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Jimmie
- #2,582Tijuana35
- #2,582Tristan35
- #2,582Tywanda35
- #2,621Jimmie34
- #2,621Alvina34
- #2,621Angelene34
- #2,621Anjelica34
- #2,671Abbi33
- #2,671Acacia33
- #2,671Adeline33
Tied with 49 names at #2,621; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 3,994 of them was named Jimmie, which outranked 94.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).