Jimmy Boy
How popular is Jimmy?
#846 boy name in 2025
291 baby boys were named Jimmy in the US in 2025, making it the 846th most popular boy name.
Jimmy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #846 for boys (▲ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 291 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #575 in 2015, #727 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (7,881 boys) |
| Highest rank | #41 in 1944 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1883 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jimmy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jimmy family of names ranked #741 for boys in 2025 (#728 the year before), with 321 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy | 291 | 91% |
| Jimmie | 30 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jimmy is most popular
Babies named Jimmy per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arkansas: 0.6 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (77 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.3 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.3 per 1,000 (30 boys)
Jimmy by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | #720 |
| 1890s | 123 | #505 |
| 1900s | 302 | #316 |
| 1910s | 1,294 | #359 |
| 1920s | 7,332 | #115 |
| 1930s | 35,399 | #43 |
| 1940s | 63,523 | #41 |
| 1950s | 54,892 | #55 |
| 1960s | 47,399 | #69 |
| 1970s | 27,099 | #86 |
| 1980s | 19,522 | #126 |
| 1990s | 14,106 | #172 |
| 2000s | 10,466 | #266 |
| 2010s | 5,380 | #373 |
| 2020s | 1,876 | #727 |
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Questions
- Is Jimmy a boy or girl name?
- Jimmy is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jimmy were boys.
- How popular is the name Jimmy?
- 291 baby boys were named Jimmy in the US in 2025, making it the 846th most popular boy name.
- When was Jimmy most popular?
- Jimmy peaked in 1947, when 7,881 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #41, held for 2 years starting in 1944.
- How many people are named Jimmy?
- 290,955 babies have been named Jimmy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 189,155 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.
- Where is Jimmy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jimmy was most common in Arkansas, at 0.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.