Mostly boys · peaked in 1934
Jimmie name popularity since 1925
115,450 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jimmie (14.5% girls, 85.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1945 or earlier, so the typical Jimmie is about 81 years old in 2026. Jimmie peaked in 1934 as the #68 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 115,450
- Named Jimmie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1934
- #68 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,700 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 85.5% boys
- 16,718 girls · 98,732 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 6.81× its national share
Peak year is the year Jimmie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jimmie births per year, 1925–2025
1934 was the biggest year for Jimmie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1927 and 1932, Jimmie became 1.6× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby boys fell by 44%, from 1 in 9,770 to 1 in 17,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jimmie's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jimmie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jimmie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 2,710 | 8,689 | – |
| 1930s | 5,462 | 25,813 | #69 |
| 1940s | 4,390 | 24,360 | #102 |
| 1950s | 2,094 | 15,535 | #192 |
| 1960s | 993 | 10,174 | #239 |
| 1970s | 575 | 5,951 | #312 |
| 1980s | 259 | 3,607 | #470 |
| 1990s | 127 | 2,300 | #770 |
| 2000s | 51 | 1,250 | #1,465 |
| 2010s | 32 | 783 | #2,005 |
| 2020–25 | 25 | 270 | #3,700 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.7% of babies named Jimmie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Jimmie is most popular
The index compares Jimmie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jimmie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 6.81× | 9,196 |
| Oklahoma | 4.43× | 6,438 |
| Arkansas | 4.42× | 5,068 |
| Alabama | 4.39× | 8,653 |
| South Carolina | 2.34× | 3,649 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jimmie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmie (this page) | 98,732 | 1934 |
| Jimmy | 284,960 | 1944 |
| Jimi | 1,241 | 1971 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jimmie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jimmie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jimmie (1934).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data