Jimi — #11075 US boys' name
1,240 babies named Jimi in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Jimi was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Jimi in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jimi
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,240 babies named Jimi between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jimi currently holds the #11075 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 46 babies received it in a single year. Jimi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 667 additional births since 1944.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jimi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 324 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jimi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 124 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jimi in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jimi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,240 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jimi at a glance
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Current rank
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Jimi popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1953
- Peak year (1971)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
Currently ranks #11075 among boys.
1,240 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 46 births in a single year.
Jimi popularity over time — girls
667 total births recorded since 1944 (Jimi as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jimi accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jimi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 324 births that decade — 26% of Jimi's all-time total
Jimi decade highlights
- Peak decade 324 births
- Runner-up 210 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jimi's strongest decade
324 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Jimi by state
Where Jimi concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 124 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 35 | 2.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
124 of 1,240 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
- New York 0.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.