Jimmy — #858 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jimmy

The Social Security Administration has registered 288,433 babies named Jimmy between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jimmy currently holds the #858 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 7,881 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jimmy performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 63,522 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jimmy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 41,481 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Jimmy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jimmy 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 288,433 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.