Jimmy
Jimmy was given to 291 boys in 2025, #847 among boys’ names; 290,955 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 182,000 Americans named Jimmy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 44 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jimmy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jimmy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jimmy is “a diminutive of the male given names James and Jim, also used as a formal given name.”
/ˈd͡ʒɪmi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jimmy?
#847 among boys’ names, 2025
Jimmy fell from #576 in 2015 to #847 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.25 to 0.17 per 1,000.
7,938 babies in 1947, the peak
Jimmy peaked in 1947, when 7,938 babies were given it (7,881 boys, #44 among boys’ names). The 291 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 291 | #847 | 0.17 |
| 2024 | 286 | #850 | 0.17 |
| 2023 | 299 | #821 | 0.17 |
| 2022 | 325 | #778 | 0.19 |
| 2021 | 335 | #756 | 0.19 |
| 2020 | 340 | #727 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 385 | #673 | 0.21 |
| 2018 | 392 | #654 | 0.22 |
| 2017 | 460 | #594 | 0.25 |
| 2016 | 517 | #557 | 0.27 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 488 | #576 | 0.25 |
| 2014 | 536 | #522 | 0.28 |
| 2013 | 574 | #480 | 0.30 |
| 2012 | 589 | #463 | 0.31 |
| 2011 | 667 | #418 | 0.35 |
| 2010 | 772 | #373 | 0.40 |
| 2009 | 824 | #368 | 0.42 |
| 2008 | 882 | #355 | 0.43 |
| 2007 | 961 | #332 | 0.46 |
| 2006 | 988 | #325 | 0.48 |
| 2005 | 1,086 | #303 | 0.54 |
| 2004 | 1,134 | #280 | 0.57 |
| 2003 | 1,126 | #278 | 0.57 |
| 2002 | 1,170 | #266 | 0.60 |
| 2001 | 1,106 | #277 | 0.57 |
| 2000 | 1,189 | #272 | 0.61 |
| 1999 | 1,097 | #272 | 0.57 |
| 1998 | 1,088 | #265 | 0.57 |
| 1997 | 1,228 | #244 | 0.65 |
| 1996 | 1,361 | #223 | 0.72 |
| 1995 | 1,355 | #220 | 0.71 |
| 1994 | 1,374 | #210 | 0.71 |
| 1993 | 1,528 | #199 | 0.78 |
| 1992 | 1,555 | #200 | 0.78 |
| 1991 | 1,732 | #184 | 0.86 |
| 1990 | 1,788 | #172 | 0.87 |
| 1989 | 1,745 | #175 | 0.87 |
| 1988 | 1,731 | #161 | 0.90 |
| 1987 | 1,810 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 1,820 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1985 | 1,867 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 2,069 | #134 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 2,089 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1982 | 2,090 | #132 | 1.2 |
| 1981 | 2,096 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 2,205 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 2,232 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1978 | 2,168 | #118 | 1.3 |
| 1977 | 2,637 | #98 | 1.6 |
| 1976 | 2,495 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1975 | 2,357 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 1974 | 2,568 | #99 | 1.6 |
| 1973 | 2,735 | #95 | 1.8 |
| 1972 | 2,932 | #97 | 1.8 |
| 1971 | 3,315 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1970 | 3,660 | #86 | 2.0 |
| 1969 | 3,757 | #79 | 2.1 |
| 1968 | 3,814 | #77 | 2.2 |
| 1967 | 4,021 | #74 | 2.3 |
| 1966 | 4,238 | #77 | 2.4 |
| 1965 | 4,529 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1964 | 4,913 | #78 | 2.5 |
| 1963 | 5,043 | #78 | 2.5 |
| 1962 | 5,518 | #75 | 2.7 |
| 1961 | 5,749 | #71 | 2.7 |
| 1960 | 5,817 | #69 | 2.7 |
| 1959 | 5,830 | #69 | 2.7 |
| 1958 | 5,618 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 1957 | 5,667 | #77 | 2.6 |
| 1956 | 5,345 | #78 | 2.5 |
| 1955 | 5,036 | #78 | 2.4 |
| 1954 | 5,327 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 1953 | 5,310 | #72 | 2.7 |
| 1952 | 5,311 | #72 | 2.7 |
| 1951 | 5,687 | #62 | 3.0 |
| 1950 | 5,761 | #55 | 3.2 |
| 1949 | 6,417 | #53 | 3.6 |
| 1948 | 6,927 | #50 | 3.9 |
| 1947 | 7,881 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1946 | 7,128 | #42 | 4.4 |
| 1945 | 6,159 | #41 | 4.6 |
| 1944 | 6,320 | #41 | 4.6 |
| 1943 | 6,444 | #42 | 4.5 |
| 1942 | 5,949 | #47 | 4.3 |
| 1941 | 5,336 | #45 | 4.3 |
| 1940 | 4,962 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1939 | 4,753 | #43 | 4.3 |
| 1938 | 4,730 | #45 | 4.3 |
| 1937 | 4,517 | #45 | 4.2 |
| 1936 | 4,214 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1935 | 4,171 | #47 | 4.0 |
| 1934 | 3,696 | #56 | 3.6 |
| 1933 | 2,932 | #64 | 3.0 |
| 1932 | 2,461 | #76 | 2.4 |
| 1931 | 2,126 | #89 | 2.0 |
| 1930 | 1,799 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 1929 | 1,489 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1928 | 1,226 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1927 | 993 | #158 | 0.88 |
| 1926 | 882 | #166 | 0.79 |
| 1925 | 708 | #198 | 0.63 |
| 1924 | 529 | #250 | 0.47 |
| 1923 | 439 | #268 | 0.40 |
| 1922 | 381 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1921 | 361 | #297 | 0.33 |
| 1920 | 324 | #325 | 0.30 |
| 1919 | 239 | #374 | 0.24 |
| 1918 | 198 | #416 | 0.20 |
| 1917 | 177 | #427 | 0.19 |
| 1916 | 172 | #431 | 0.19 |
| 1915 | 136 | #472 | 0.16 |
| 1914 | 103 | #478 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 94 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 79 | #442 | 0.18 |
| 1911 | 45 | #433 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 51 | #361 | 0.26 |
| 1909 | 40 | #380 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 33 | #417 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 29 | #431 | 0.20 |
| 1906 | 43 | #318 | 0.32 |
| 1905 | 25 | #441 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 28 | #398 | 0.22 |
| 1903 | 26 | #387 | 0.22 |
| 1902 | 18 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 18 | #458 | 0.17 |
| 1900 | 42 | #332 | 0.28 |
| 1899 | 14 | #531 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 17 | #515 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 10 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 14 | #569 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 12 | #626 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 15 | #528 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 9 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 9 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 12 | #539 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 11 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,039 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 7 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 7 | #765 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jimmy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jimmy has been given almost only to boys: 2,218 girls in 140 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jimmy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jimmy, and how old are they?
182,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 290,955 Americans ever recorded as Jimmy. The median Jimmy alive today is 61 years old; half are between 44 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 173,056 people named Jimmy (754 women and girls, 172,302 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 204,965 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% 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 | 18,300 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 72,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 43,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 26,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 15,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,190 |
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 Jimmy born?
The states with the most babies named Jimmy are Texas, California and Georgia, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 41,738 | #764 | 2.2× |
| California | 22,365 | #703 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 19,530 | #550 | 2.5× |
| North Carolina | 17,748 | #738 | 2.0× |
| Alabama | 17,339 | #813 | 2.8× |
| Tennessee | 17,038 | #809 | 2.5× |
| Oklahoma | 13,776 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Arkansas | 13,461 | #378 | 3.6× |
| Mississippi | 12,114 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Florida | 9,520 | #788 | 1.3× |
Where Jimmy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jimmy is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 3.6 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 Jimmy 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 429,399 babies since 1880, Jimmy is the most given (68% of them). In 2025 it was given to 291 of their 326 babies (89%), again the 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 Jimmy
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 Jimmy and names like it
- Compare Jimmy and JimmieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sJimmy peaked in 1947.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jimmy since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Jimmy.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jimmy alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.