Jimmie
Jimmie is given to both girls and boys: 5 girls and 30 boys were given it in 2025 (#15,957 among girls’ names and #3,699 among boys’, #7,179 among all names counting both); 135,266 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Jimmie every year since 1898.
An estimated 52,500 Americans named Jimmie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (39% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 55 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jimmie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jimmie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jimmie is “a diminutive of the male given name James.”
/ˈd͡ʒɪmi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jimmie?
#3,699 among boys’ names, 2025
Jimmie fell from #2,005 in 2015 to #3,699 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 37.6 to 17.6 per million.
3,451 babies in 1934, the peak
Jimmie peaked in 1934, when 3,451 babies were given it (2,837 boys, #68 among boys’ names). The 35 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,957 | 30 | #3,699 |
| 2024 | under 5 | 34 | #3,421 | |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,198 | 47 | #2,752 |
| 2022 | under 5 | 39 | #3,128 | |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,573 | 54 | #2,474 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,186 | 66 | #2,122 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,041 | 51 | #2,563 |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,747 | 53 | #2,456 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,910 | 72 | #1,986 |
| 2016 | under 5 | 69 | #2,057 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | #11,330 | 72 | #2,005 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,728 | 80 | #1,851 |
| 2013 | under 5 | 94 | #1,627 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 91 | #1,682 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 90 | #1,672 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 111 | #1,476 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 104 | #1,566 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 112 | #1,474 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 111 | #1,453 | |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,907 | 127 | #1,304 |
| 2005 | under 5 | 100 | #1,464 | |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,114 | 128 | #1,198 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,672 | 143 | #1,084 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,400 | 111 | #1,229 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,691 | 154 | #991 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,244 | 160 | #952 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,393 | 176 | #858 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,236 | 165 | #881 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,216 | 193 | #773 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,184 | 206 | #741 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,811 | 194 | #767 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,905 | 235 | #674 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,076 | 228 | #681 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,445 | 261 | #635 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,233 | 310 | #573 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,952 | 332 | #554 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,413 | 313 | #550 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,221 | 327 | #509 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,037 | 318 | #500 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,156 | 320 | #489 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,529 | 341 | #470 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,362 | 330 | #466 |
| 1983 | 28 | #3,012 | 384 | #417 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,695 | 390 | #423 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,582 | 400 | #415 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,455 | 484 | #363 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,641 | 431 | #388 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,449 | 484 | #349 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,960 | 488 | #356 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,185 | 507 | #340 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,579 | 577 | #312 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,923 | 581 | #315 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,554 | 625 | #292 |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,229 | 668 | #284 |
| 1971 | 67 | #1,506 | 773 | #274 |
| 1970 | 95 | #1,198 | 817 | #266 |
| 1969 | 76 | #1,296 | 826 | #254 |
| 1968 | 80 | #1,226 | 840 | #247 |
| 1967 | 74 | #1,244 | 864 | #238 |
| 1966 | 79 | #1,212 | 924 | #233 |
| 1965 | 102 | #1,038 | 948 | #239 |
| 1964 | 117 | #984 | 1,053 | #231 |
| 1963 | 117 | #985 | 1,121 | #225 |
| 1962 | 93 | #1,132 | 1,070 | #236 |
| 1961 | 141 | #913 | 1,223 | #226 |
| 1960 | 114 | #1,006 | 1,305 | #216 |
| 1959 | 150 | #838 | 1,286 | #215 |
| 1958 | 164 | #780 | 1,316 | #206 |
| 1957 | 148 | #834 | 1,469 | #191 |
| 1956 | 176 | #729 | 1,475 | #189 |
| 1955 | 196 | #668 | 1,386 | #192 |
| 1954 | 205 | #640 | 1,621 | #171 |
| 1953 | 242 | #562 | 1,628 | #167 |
| 1952 | 244 | #549 | 1,642 | #163 |
| 1951 | 295 | #478 | 1,811 | #145 |
| 1950 | 274 | #487 | 1,901 | #141 |
| 1949 | 328 | #436 | 2,091 | #130 |
| 1948 | 355 | #419 | 2,362 | #120 |
| 1947 | 424 | #387 | 2,600 | #113 |
| 1946 | 368 | #397 | 2,565 | #104 |
| 1945 | 390 | #348 | 2,294 | #102 |
| 1944 | 484 | #304 | 2,398 | #98 |
| 1943 | 578 | #289 | 2,628 | #95 |
| 1942 | 528 | #298 | 2,541 | #94 |
| 1941 | 457 | #301 | 2,473 | #89 |
| 1940 | 478 | #288 | 2,408 | #86 |
| 1939 | 494 | #281 | 2,524 | #80 |
| 1938 | 510 | #281 | 2,693 | #76 |
| 1937 | 553 | #265 | 2,679 | #72 |
| 1936 | 526 | #264 | 2,742 | #71 |
| 1935 | 550 | #261 | 2,829 | #69 |
| 1934 | 614 | #254 | 2,837 | #68 |
| 1933 | 566 | #258 | 2,491 | #72 |
| 1932 | 522 | #271 | 2,475 | #75 |
| 1931 | 552 | #262 | 2,288 | #81 |
| 1930 | 575 | #261 | 2,255 | #86 |
| 1929 | 513 | #286 | 1,952 | #98 |
| 1928 | 555 | #277 | 1,924 | #100 |
| 1927 | 565 | #280 | 1,719 | #108 |
| 1926 | 517 | #295 | 1,609 | #115 |
| 1925 | 560 | #283 | 1,485 | #121 |
| 1924 | 465 | #310 | 1,315 | #132 |
| 1923 | 391 | #328 | 1,162 | #141 |
| 1922 | 399 | #326 | 1,117 | #140 |
| 1921 | 422 | #320 | 1,051 | #147 |
| 1920 | 385 | #332 | 1,024 | #147 |
| 1919 | 367 | #333 | 1,020 | #143 |
| 1918 | 366 | #340 | 874 | #159 |
| 1917 | 337 | #340 | 712 | #176 |
| 1916 | 330 | #339 | 667 | #179 |
| 1915 | 248 | #385 | 611 | #183 |
| 1914 | 192 | #384 | 530 | #170 |
| 1913 | 186 | #356 | 452 | #158 |
| 1912 | 162 | #360 | 366 | #160 |
| 1911 | 123 | #359 | 243 | #137 |
| 1910 | 130 | #349 | 259 | #125 |
| 1909 | 129 | #319 | 185 | #142 |
| 1908 | 106 | #345 | 160 | #147 |
| 1907 | 109 | #335 | 160 | #145 |
| 1906 | 89 | #354 | 139 | #149 |
| 1905 | 106 | #327 | 136 | #152 |
| 1904 | 87 | #350 | 124 | #154 |
| 1903 | 83 | #347 | 128 | #146 |
| 1902 | 93 | #323 | 123 | #150 |
| 1901 | 76 | #350 | 99 | #156 |
| 1900 | 98 | #339 | 118 | #178 |
| 1899 | 54 | #393 | 61 | #215 |
| 1898 | 60 | #397 | 64 | #220 |
| 1897 | 58 | #380 | 49 | #251 |
| 1896 | 65 | #360 | 46 | #269 |
| 1895 | 43 | #435 | 65 | #216 |
| 1894 | 53 | #388 | 44 | #265 |
| 1893 | 52 | #375 | 46 | #260 |
| 1892 | 51 | #374 | 38 | #301 |
| 1891 | 41 | #391 | 40 | #254 |
| 1890 | 45 | #375 | 34 | #297 |
| 1889 | 37 | #401 | 30 | #320 |
| 1888 | 36 | #418 | 32 | #319 |
| 1887 | 32 | #382 | 33 | #292 |
| 1886 | 36 | #359 | 37 | #281 |
| 1885 | 28 | #388 | 25 | #349 |
| 1884 | 32 | #353 | 26 | #349 |
| 1883 | 20 | #426 | 26 | #327 |
| 1882 | 22 | #381 | 20 | #407 |
| 1881 | 22 | #353 | 20 | #380 |
| 1880 | 15 | #440 | 24 | #352 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jimmie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 135,266 Americans recorded as Jimmie, 17% are girls and 83% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jimmie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jimmie, and how old are they?
52,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 39% of the 135,266 Americans ever recorded as Jimmie. The median Jimmie alive today is 69 years old; half are between 55 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 47,100 people named Jimmie (7,310 women and girls, 39,790 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 65,287 born in the U.S. The Census count is 28% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11,400 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 22,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 10,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,940 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,110 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 812 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jimmie born?
The states with the most babies named Jimmie are Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 17,019 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Mississippi | 10,772 | not ranked | 4.4× |
| Alabama | 10,618 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Georgia | 8,694 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Oklahoma | 7,298 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Arkansas | 5,892 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| North Carolina | 5,781 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Tennessee | 5,614 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| California | 5,344 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 5,244 | not ranked | 1.9× |
Where Jimmie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jimmie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jimmie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 429,238 babies since 1880, Jimmie is the second most given (32% of them). In 2025 it was given to 35 of their 326 babies (11%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jimmie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jimmie and names like it
- Compare Jimmie and JimmyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sJimmie peaked in 1934.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jimmie since 1910.
- The top names of 1934The year the most babies were named Jimmie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jimmie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.