Meaning not yet researched.
Jimmie: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 30 in 2025. Its best rank was #68 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #68 in 1934; #3,700 in 2025. About 86% of babies named Jimmie in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,700 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1934, at #68.
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Jimmie: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 30 boys in 2025. Peak: #68 in 1934 · most boys in one year: 2,837 (1934).
In 2025, 30 US boys were named Jimmie, making it the 3,700th most common boys’ name of the year, down 277 places from #3,423 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 34 boys named Jimmie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #68, reached in 1934. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,837. For comparison, it was #2,005 in 2015 and #141 in 1950.
In 2025, 5 US girls were named Jimmie, making it the 15,961st most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #254, reached in 1934. That year also had the most girls given the name: 614. For comparison, it was #11,335 in 2015 and #488 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jimmie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 39 babies with the name. In all, 135,266 US babies have been given the name, 17% of them girls and 83% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 31,275 babies named Jimmie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 515 US boys were named Jimmie; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 72. In 2025 that was about 1 in 56,936 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include James (5,274,520 babies since 1880) and Jimmy (290,955 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jemmie and Jimmiah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jim and Jimmy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jemmie (207), Jimmiah (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Jimmie is listed as a nickname for James, Jim.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,961 | 30 | #3,700 |
| 2024 | — | — | 34 | #3,423 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,204 | 47 | #2,753 |
| 2022 | — | — | 39 | #3,130 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,578 | 54 | #2,475 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,191 | 66 | #2,122 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,046 | 51 | #2,564 |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,752 | 53 | #2,457 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,915 | 72 | #1,986 |
| 2016 | — | — | 69 | #2,057 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,335 | 72 | #2,005 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,734 | 80 | #1,851 |
| 2013 | — | — | 94 | #1,628 |
| 2012 | — | — | 91 | #1,683 |
| 2011 | — | — | 90 | #1,672 |
| 2010 | — | — | 111 | #1,476 |
| 2009 | — | — | 104 | #1,567 |
| 2008 | — | — | 112 | #1,474 |
| 2007 | — | — | 111 | #1,453 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,912 | 127 | #1,304 |
| 2005 | — | — | 100 | #1,465 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,120 | 128 | #1,200 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,679 | 143 | #1,085 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,406 | 111 | #1,232 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,698 | 154 | #992 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,252 | 160 | #954 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,400 | 176 | #860 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,242 | 165 | #882 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,221 | 193 | #775 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,189 | 206 | #742 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,816 | 194 | #770 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,910 | 235 | #675 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,082 | 228 | #682 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,451 | 261 | #637 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,240 | 310 | #574 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,958 | 332 | #555 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,419 | 313 | #551 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,226 | 327 | #509 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,040 | 318 | #500 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,158 | 320 | #489 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,531 | 341 | #470 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,363 | 330 | #466 |
| 1983 | 28 | #3,013 | 384 | #417 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,696 | 390 | #423 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,582 | 400 | #415 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,455 | 484 | #363 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,641 | 431 | #388 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,449 | 484 | #349 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,960 | 488 | #356 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,185 | 507 | #340 |
| 1975 | 63 | #1,579 | 577 | #312 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,923 | 581 | #315 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,554 | 625 | #292 |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,229 | 668 | #284 |
| 1971 | 67 | #1,506 | 773 | #274 |
| 1970 | 95 | #1,198 | 817 | #266 |
| 1969 | 76 | #1,296 | 826 | #254 |
| 1968 | 80 | #1,226 | 840 | #247 |
| 1967 | 74 | #1,244 | 864 | #238 |
| 1966 | 79 | #1,212 | 924 | #233 |
| 1965 | 102 | #1,038 | 948 | #239 |
| 1964 | 117 | #984 | 1,053 | #231 |
| 1963 | 117 | #985 | 1,121 | #225 |
| 1962 | 93 | #1,132 | 1,070 | #236 |
| 1961 | 141 | #913 | 1,223 | #226 |
| 1960 | 114 | #1,007 | 1,305 | #216 |
| 1959 | 150 | #838 | 1,286 | #215 |
| 1958 | 164 | #781 | 1,316 | #206 |
| 1957 | 148 | #835 | 1,469 | #191 |
| 1956 | 176 | #730 | 1,475 | #189 |
| 1955 | 196 | #669 | 1,386 | #192 |
| 1954 | 205 | #641 | 1,621 | #171 |
| 1953 | 242 | #563 | 1,628 | #167 |
| 1952 | 244 | #550 | 1,642 | #163 |
| 1951 | 295 | #479 | 1,811 | #145 |
| 1950 | 274 | #488 | 1,901 | #141 |
| 1949 | 328 | #437 | 2,091 | #130 |
| 1948 | 355 | #419 | 2,362 | #120 |
| 1947 | 424 | #387 | 2,600 | #113 |
| 1946 | 368 | #397 | 2,565 | #104 |
| 1945 | 390 | #348 | 2,294 | #102 |
| 1944 | 484 | #304 | 2,398 | #98 |
| 1943 | 578 | #289 | 2,628 | #95 |
| 1942 | 528 | #298 | 2,541 | #94 |
| 1941 | 457 | #301 | 2,473 | #89 |
| 1940 | 478 | #288 | 2,408 | #86 |
| 1939 | 494 | #281 | 2,524 | #80 |
| 1938 | 510 | #281 | 2,693 | #76 |
| 1937 | 553 | #265 | 2,679 | #72 |
| 1936 | 526 | #264 | 2,742 | #71 |
| 1935 | 550 | #261 | 2,829 | #69 |
| 1934 | 614 | #254 | 2,837 | #68 |
| 1933 | 566 | #258 | 2,491 | #72 |
| 1932 | 522 | #271 | 2,475 | #75 |
| 1931 | 552 | #262 | 2,288 | #81 |
| 1930 | 575 | #261 | 2,255 | #86 |
| 1929 | 513 | #286 | 1,952 | #98 |
| 1928 | 555 | #277 | 1,924 | #100 |
| 1927 | 565 | #280 | 1,719 | #108 |
| 1926 | 517 | #295 | 1,609 | #115 |
| 1925 | 560 | #283 | 1,485 | #121 |
| 1924 | 465 | #310 | 1,315 | #132 |
| 1923 | 391 | #328 | 1,162 | #141 |
| 1922 | 399 | #326 | 1,117 | #140 |
| 1921 | 422 | #320 | 1,051 | #147 |
| 1920 | 385 | #332 | 1,024 | #147 |
| 1919 | 367 | #333 | 1,020 | #143 |
| 1918 | 366 | #340 | 874 | #159 |
| 1917 | 337 | #340 | 712 | #176 |
| 1916 | 330 | #339 | 667 | #179 |
| 1915 | 248 | #385 | 611 | #183 |
| 1914 | 192 | #384 | 530 | #170 |
| 1913 | 186 | #356 | 452 | #158 |
| 1912 | 162 | #360 | 366 | #160 |
| 1911 | 123 | #359 | 243 | #137 |
| 1910 | 130 | #349 | 259 | #125 |
| 1909 | 129 | #319 | 185 | #142 |
| 1908 | 106 | #345 | 160 | #147 |
| 1907 | 109 | #335 | 160 | #145 |
| 1906 | 89 | #354 | 139 | #149 |
| 1905 | 106 | #327 | 136 | #152 |
| 1904 | 87 | #350 | 124 | #154 |
| 1903 | 83 | #347 | 128 | #146 |
| 1902 | 93 | #323 | 123 | #150 |
| 1901 | 76 | #350 | 99 | #156 |
| 1900 | 98 | #339 | 118 | #178 |
| 1899 | 54 | #393 | 61 | #215 |
| 1898 | 60 | #397 | 64 | #220 |
| 1897 | 58 | #380 | 49 | #251 |
| 1896 | 65 | #360 | 46 | #269 |
| 1895 | 43 | #435 | 65 | #216 |
| 1894 | 53 | #388 | 44 | #265 |
| 1893 | 52 | #375 | 46 | #260 |
| 1892 | 51 | #374 | 38 | #301 |
| 1891 | 41 | #391 | 40 | #254 |
| 1890 | 45 | #375 | 34 | #297 |
| 1889 | 37 | #401 | 30 | #320 |
| 1888 | 36 | #418 | 32 | #319 |
| 1887 | 32 | #382 | 33 | #292 |
| 1886 | 36 | #359 | 37 | #281 |
| 1885 | 28 | #388 | 25 | #349 |
| 1884 | 32 | #353 | 26 | #349 |
| 1883 | 20 | #426 | 26 | #327 |
| 1882 | 22 | #381 | 20 | #407 |
| 1881 | 22 | #353 | 20 | #380 |
| 1880 | 15 | #440 | 24 | #352 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).