Jimmy

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Jimmy is a masculine given name. It is often used as a diminutive form of the given name James, along with its short form, Jim.

From Wikipedia

Jimmy first appears in the data in 1883 and has been recorded in 139 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1947 with 7,881 babies (rank #44 that year). In 2024 it was given to 282 boys (rank #859). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jimmy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jimmy yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

290,651
Total babies (all years)
139
Years in the data
7,881
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18837#765
18847#817
18885#1,109
18895#1,040
189011#619
189112#539
18929#771
18939#733
189415#528
189512#626
189614#569
189710#705
189817#515
189914#531
190042#332
190118#458
190218#516
190326#387
190428#398
190525#441
190643#318
190729#431
190833#417
190940#380
191051#361
191145#433
191279#442
191394#443
1914103#478
1915136#472
1916172#431
1917177#427
1918198#416
1919239#374
1920324#325
1921361#297
1922381#288
1923439#268
1924529#250
1925708#198
1926882#166
1927993#158
19281,226#138
19291,489#115
19301,800#102
19312,125#89
19322,461#76
19332,932#64
19343,696#56
19354,172#47
19364,213#46
19374,517#45
19384,730#45
19394,752#43
19404,962#44
19415,337#45
19425,948#47
19436,444#42
19446,320#41
19456,159#41
19467,128#42
19477,881#44
19486,926#50
19496,417#53
19505,761#55
19515,687#62
19525,311#72
19535,310#72
19545,326#74
19555,037#78
19565,346#78
19575,669#77
19585,615#73
19595,829#69
19605,818#69
19615,748#71
19625,519#75
19635,040#78
19644,911#79
19654,532#81
19664,237#77
19674,021#74
19683,812#77
19693,757#78
19703,659#86
19713,315#93
19722,933#97
19732,735#95
19742,569#99
19752,357#112
19762,496#101
19772,636#98
19782,168#118
19792,233#123
19802,205#126
19812,096#129
19822,090#132
19832,089#127
19842,069#134
19851,867#149
19861,820#150
19871,810#155
19881,731#161
19891,745#175
19901,788#172
19911,732#184
19921,555#200
19931,528#199
19941,373#210
19951,355#220
19961,361#223
19971,228#244
19981,088#265
19991,097#272
20001,189#272
20011,106#277
20021,170#266
20031,126#278
20041,134#280
20051,086#303
2006988#325
2007961#332
2008882#355
2009824#368
2010771#373
2011667#418
2012589#462
2013574#480
2014536#522
2015488#575
2016517#557
2017460#594
2018392#654
2019385#673
2020340#727
2021334#755
2022325#777
2023298#821
2024282#859