Boys' name · since 1948
Jimme
17 babies named Jimme in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 17
- total births
- 1948–1957
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
Jimme sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 17 recorded since 1948.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jimme has been recorded 17 times among boys since 1948, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1957.
- 17 total births
- 1948–1957 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jimme's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jimme's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jimme's full recorded timeline at 1955, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jimme popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1957
- Peak year (1955)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Jimme by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Jimme's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Jimme births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1948–1957 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jimme: Baby Name Since 1948 - 17 Births, Peak 1955." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jimme. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jimme draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.