Boys' name · since 1921
Mims
35 babies named Mims in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 35
- total births
- 1921–1953
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Mims is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 35 have been recorded since 1921.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mims has been recorded 35 times among boys since 1921, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1953.
- 35 total births
- 1921–1953 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mims's 35 recorded births place it above 45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mims's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mims splits its recorded history at 1947: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1931 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mims popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1953
- Peak year (1947)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Mims by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Mims's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Mims births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 19 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Mims's decade-level peak was the 1940s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1921–1953 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mims: Baby Name Since 1921 - 35 Births, Peak 1947." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mims. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mims 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 July 2026.