Meaning not yet researched.
Jimmy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 291 in 2025. Its best rank was #41 in 1945.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #41 in 1945; #847 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Jimmy in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#847 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1945, at #41.
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Jimmy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 291 boys in 2025. Peak: #41 in 1945 · most boys in one year: 7,881 (1947).
In 2025, 291 US boys were named Jimmy, making it the 847th most common boys’ name of the year, up 3 places from #850 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 286 boys named Jimmy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #41, reached in 1945. The most boys given the name in a single year was 7,881, in 1947. For comparison, it was #576 in 2015 and #55 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jimmy in 140 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 7 babies. In all, 290,955 US babies have been given the name, 0.8% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 63,889 babies named Jimmy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,630 US boys were named Jimmy; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 517. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,870 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jimmy ranked highest in Arkansas in 2025, at #378 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include James (5,274,520 babies since 1880) and Jimmie (135,266 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jimi, Jimmey and Jeimy are summarised on this page.
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: Jimi (1,908), Jimmey (904), Jeimy (832), Jimmye (518), Jimmi (330), Jimie (205), Jimy (161), Jimia (92), Jimya (70), Jeimmy (43), Jimmia (36), Jimmya (28), and more.
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.
No nicknames listed for Jimmy in the open dataset we use.
Jimmy is listed as a nickname for James, Jimmie.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 31 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 9 | #378 | #410 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #438 | — |
| Nevada | 6 | #477 | — |
| Georgia | 19 | #550 | #419 |
| Arizona | 11 | #606 | #537 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #625 | #752 |
| Missouri | 8 | #680 | #632 |
| California | 39 | #703 | #381 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #738 | #577 |
| Texas | 36 | #764 | #414 |
| Florida | 19 | #788 | #688 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #809 | #441 |
| Alabama | 5 | #813 | #544 |
| Colorado | 5 | #903 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #958 | — |
| New York | 12 | #1,019 | #432 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,063 | #888 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,064 | #671 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,105 | #640 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,198 | #761 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 291 | #847 |
| 2024 | — | — | 286 | #850 |
| 2023 | — | — | 299 | #821 |
| 2022 | — | — | 325 | #778 |
| 2021 | — | — | 335 | #756 |
| 2020 | — | — | 340 | #727 |
| 2019 | — | — | 385 | #673 |
| 2018 | — | — | 392 | #654 |
| 2017 | — | — | 460 | #594 |
| 2016 | — | — | 517 | #557 |
| 2015 | — | — | 488 | #576 |
| 2014 | — | — | 536 | #522 |
| 2013 | — | — | 574 | #480 |
| 2012 | — | — | 589 | #463 |
| 2011 | — | — | 667 | #418 |
| 2010 | — | — | 772 | #373 |
| 2009 | — | — | 824 | #368 |
| 2008 | — | — | 882 | #355 |
| 2007 | — | — | 961 | #332 |
| 2006 | — | — | 988 | #325 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,086 | #303 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,134 | #280 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,126 | #278 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,631 | 1,170 | #266 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,106 | #277 |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,144 | 1,189 | #272 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,097 | #272 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,679 | 1,088 | #265 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,756 | 1,228 | #244 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,489 | 1,361 | #223 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,355 | #220 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,409 | 1,374 | #210 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,060 | 1,528 | #199 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,889 | 1,555 | #200 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,148 | 1,732 | #184 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,387 | 1,788 | #172 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,663 | 1,745 | #175 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,727 | 1,731 | #161 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,943 | 1,810 | #155 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,589 | 1,820 | #150 |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,041 | 1,867 | #149 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,652 | 2,069 | #134 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,867 | 2,089 | #127 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,238 | 2,090 | #132 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,786 | 2,096 | #129 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,825 | 2,205 | #126 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,188 | 2,232 | #123 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,143 | 2,168 | #118 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,313 | 2,637 | #98 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,568 | 2,495 | #101 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,202 | 2,357 | #111 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,787 | 2,568 | #99 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,059 | 2,735 | #95 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,846 | 2,932 | #97 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,307 | 3,315 | #93 |
| 1970 | 35 | #2,249 | 3,660 | #86 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,316 | 3,757 | #79 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,103 | 3,814 | #77 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,831 | 4,021 | #74 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,617 | 4,238 | #77 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,497 | 4,529 | #81 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,052 | 4,913 | #78 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,388 | 5,043 | #78 |
| 1962 | 42 | #1,767 | 5,518 | #75 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,903 | 5,749 | #71 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,028 | 5,817 | #69 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,774 | 5,830 | #69 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,962 | 5,618 | #73 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,694 | 5,667 | #77 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,814 | 5,345 | #78 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,650 | 5,036 | #78 |
| 1954 | 28 | #2,000 | 5,327 | #74 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,800 | 5,310 | #72 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,724 | 5,311 | #72 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,717 | 5,687 | #62 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,589 | 5,761 | #55 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,613 | 6,417 | #53 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,654 | 6,927 | #50 |
| 1947 | 57 | #1,196 | 7,881 | #44 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,634 | 7,128 | #42 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,323 | 6,159 | #41 |
| 1944 | 43 | #1,211 | 6,320 | #41 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,313 | 6,444 | #42 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,458 | 5,949 | #47 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,400 | 5,336 | #45 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,361 | 4,962 | #44 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,493 | 4,753 | #43 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,278 | 4,730 | #45 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,168 | 4,517 | #45 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,280 | 4,214 | #46 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,212 | 4,171 | #47 |
| 1934 | 42 | #1,089 | 3,696 | #56 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,213 | 2,932 | #64 |
| 1932 | 52 | #981 | 2,461 | #76 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,356 | 2,126 | #89 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,418 | 1,799 | #102 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,618 | 1,489 | #115 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,409 | 1,226 | #138 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,646 | 993 | #158 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,561 | 882 | #166 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,483 | 708 | #198 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,836 | 529 | #250 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,531 | 439 | #268 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,050 | 381 | #288 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,766 | 361 | #297 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,662 | 324 | #325 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,321 | 239 | #374 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,994 | 198 | #416 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,513 | 177 | #427 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,314 | 172 | #431 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,615 | 136 | #472 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,753 | 103 | #478 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,957 | 94 | #443 |
| 1912 | — | — | 79 | #442 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,663 | 45 | #433 |
| 1910 | — | — | 51 | #361 |
| 1909 | — | — | 40 | #380 |
| 1908 | — | — | 33 | #417 |
| 1907 | — | — | 29 | #431 |
| 1906 | — | — | 43 | #318 |
| 1905 | — | — | 25 | #441 |
| 1904 | — | — | 28 | #398 |
| 1903 | — | — | 26 | #387 |
| 1902 | — | — | 18 | #516 |
| 1901 | — | — | 18 | #458 |
| 1900 | — | — | 42 | #332 |
| 1899 | — | — | 14 | #531 |
| 1898 | — | — | 17 | #515 |
| 1897 | — | — | 10 | #705 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #569 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #626 |
| 1894 | — | — | 15 | #528 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #733 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #771 |
| 1891 | — | — | 12 | #539 |
| 1890 | — | — | 11 | #619 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,040 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,109 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #817 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #765 |
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).