Girls' name · since 1915
Jimmye
Jimmye has 496 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1943 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 496
- born since 1915
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jimmye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 496 have been recorded since 1915.
Jimmye has 496 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1964.
- #11,918 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 496 born since 1915
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jimmye ranks #11,918 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 496 born since 1915, peaking in the 1940s.
- #11,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 496
- born since 1915
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jimmye's 496 recorded births place it above 83.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Jimmye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jimmye's SSA record in two at 1937 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1943 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jimmye popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1964
- Peak year (1943)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Jimmye popularity over time - boys
22 total births recorded since 1929 (Jimmye as boys' name)
Jimmye by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (152 births, 31% of the file).
1940s was Jimmye's strongest decade.
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jimmye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 34
1910s
34 births
- 1920s
1920s
112 births
- 1930s
1930s
135 births
- 1940s
1940s
152 births
- 1950s 58
1950s
58 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 152 births (31% of all-time use).
Jimmye by state
Where Jimmye concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 65 | 13.1% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 1.0% |
65 of 496 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Jimmye's decade-level peak was the 1940s (152 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jimmyes (65 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jimmye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1943)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1915–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jimmye 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 August 2026.