Limmie — boys' name
300 babies named Limmie in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1913. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Limmie was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Limmie in 1913 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Limmie
The Social Security Administration has registered 300 babies named Limmie between 1913 and 2017, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Limmie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1913, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Limmie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 33 additional births since 1892.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Limmie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Limmie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Limmie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Limmie 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 300 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.
Limmie at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Limmie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1913
- Peak year (1913)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
300 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1913 with 14 births in a single year.
Limmie popularity over time — girls
33 total births recorded since 1892 (Limmie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Limmie accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Limmie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 68 births that decade — 23% of Limmie's all-time total
Limmie decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Limmie's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Limmie by state
Where Limmie concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 300 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.