Jim

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Jim is a masculine given name. It is often short for James, Jimena, or Jimmy.

From Wikipedia

Jim first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2003 with 191 babies (rank #107 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jim

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

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

4,333

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

191

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Stranger Things: Jim Hopper — Hawkins police chief
In The Office (US): Jim Halpert — salesman, Pam's husband

Famous people named Jim

Jim Lovellnaval aviator · b. 1928
Jim Jarmuschfilm editor · b. 1953
Jim ThorpeAmerican football coach
Jim ClarkFormula One driver · b. 1936
Jim Meskimenaudiobook narrator · b. 1959

More popular boys' names

Other boys' names starting with J

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1955	5	#600
1956	9	#512
1957	10	#503
1958	16	#425
1959	16	#435
1960	17	#417
1961	15	#460
1962	19	#415
1963	11	#534
1964	18	#442
1965	20	#422
1966	20	#426
1967	19	#439
1968	16	#475
1969	17	#474
1970	11	#604
1971	9	#674
1972	15	#522
1973	13	#538
1974	23	#408
1975	16	#479
1976	11	#585
1977	19	#439
1978	24	#390
1979	22	#416
1980	24	#416
1981	32	#367
1982	26	#399
1983	30	#365
1984	34	#354
1985	59	#251
1986	69	#228
1987	55	#278
1988	69	#231
1989	68	#240
1990	86	#206
1991	111	#171
1992	156	#127
1993	132	#154
1994	150	#139
1995	132	#150
1996	169	#120
1997	165	#119
1998	157	#132
1999	183	#116
2000	184	#110
2001	168	#124
2002	154	#135
2003	191	#107
2004	112	#164
2005	96	#183
2006	99	#180
2007	110	#157
2008	91	#188
2009	153	#109
2010	137	#118
2011	139	#111
2012	106	#143
2013	148	#100
2014	147	#108