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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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
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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.

Where Jimmy is popular in 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedNHWashington: #100 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 485 boysWAIdaho: #59 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 211 boysIDMontana: #76 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 279 boysMTNorth Dakota: #96 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 387 boysNDMinnesota: #157 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,246 boysMNIllinois: #120 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 787 boysILWisconsin: #164 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,474 boysWIMichigan: #157 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,458 boysMINew York: #219 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 2,897 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedRIOregon: #63 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 252 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedNVWyoming: #61 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 226 boysWYSouth Dakota: #76 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 317 boysSDIowa: #103 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 487 boysIAIndiana: #69 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 368 boysINOhio: #118 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 791 boysOHPennsylvania: #206 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 2,579 boysPANew Jersey: #193 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,718 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #70 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 314 boysCAUtah: #102 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 383 boysUTColorado: #46 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 194 boysCONebraska: #96 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 407 boysNEMissouri: #53 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 239 boysMOKentucky: #30 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 162 boysKYWest Virginia: #38 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 191 boysWVVirginia: #44 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 205 boysVAMaryland: #163 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,435 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedDEArizona: #36 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 148 boysAZNew Mexico: #22 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 111 boysNMKansas: #43 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 184 boysKSArkansas: #11 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 66 boysARTennessee: #13 for boys · 321 births · 1 in 82 boysTNNorth Carolina: #19 for boys · 335 births · 1 in 105 boysNCSouth Carolina: #28 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 146 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #13 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 68 boysOKLouisiana: #36 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 176 boysLAMississippi: #28 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 153 boysMSAlabama: #17 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 106 boysALGeorgia: #22 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 106 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jimmy, so not publishedHITexas: #17 for boys · 615 births · 1 in 93 boysTXFlorida: #29 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 136 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#11 · 1 in 66
  2. Oklahoma#13 · 1 in 68
  3. Tennessee#13 · 1 in 82
  4. Texas#17 · 1 in 93
  5. Alabama#17 · 1 in 106

Best ever in a state: #9 in Arkansas, 1941.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#112801 in 66
Oklahoma#133201 in 68
Tennessee#133211 in 82
Alabama#172591 in 106
Texas#176151 in 93
North Carolina#193351 in 105
Georgia#222691 in 106
New Mexico#22441 in 111
Mississippi#281331 in 153
South Carolina#281301 in 146
Florida#29911 in 136
Kentucky#301611 in 162
Arizona#36271 in 148
Louisiana#361081 in 176
West Virginia#38941 in 191
Kansas#43731 in 184
Virginia#441071 in 205
Colorado#46431 in 194
Missouri#531121 in 239
Idaho#59181 in 211
Wyoming#6171 in 226
Oregon#63221 in 252
Indiana#69641 in 368
California#701171 in 314
Montana#76141 in 279
South Dakota#76171 in 317
Nebraska#96251 in 407
North Dakota#96151 in 387
Washington#100201 in 485
Utah#102131 in 383
Iowa#103391 in 487
Ohio#118591 in 791
Illinois#120661 in 787
Michigan#157271 in 1,458
Minnesota#157161 in 1,246
Maryland#16381 in 1,435
Wisconsin#164161 in 1,474
New Jersey#19391 in 2,718
Pennsylvania#206281 in 2,579
New York#219291 in 2,897
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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 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 1935

girls
#1,197
35 births · 1 in 29,959 girls
boys
#47
4,171 births · 1 in 250 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,197Jimmy35

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #47Jimmy4,171
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 29,959 of them was named Jimmy, which outranked 75.5% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jimmy
  1. #1,182Monna36
  2. #1,182Otilia36
  3. #1,182Santos36
  4. #1,197Jimmy35
  5. #1,197Adelia35
  6. #1,197Adelle35
  7. #1,197Alison35
  8. #1,219Albert34
  9. #1,219Ardelle34
  10. #1,219Arlys34

Tied with 21 names at #1,197; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 250 of them was named Jimmy, which outranked 98.9% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jimmy
  1. #44Gary4,490
  2. #45Marvin4,278
  3. #46Earl4,224
  4. #47Jimmy4,171
  5. #48Clarence4,080
  6. #49Wayne4,057
  7. #50Leroy3,919
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →