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Jimmy

Boys' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~193,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#846 among boys
Births in 2025
291 290,955 since 1880
Typical age
62 years, median

Jimmy popularity over time

Jimmy rank by birth year, 1883–2025Jimmy ranked #720 in 1883 and #846 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #41, in 1944.#100#1,000#846best #41 in 194418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1883–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1947: 7,938 births recorded as Jimmy. The name does not appear in the data until 1883. Jimmy has spent 45 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #846 with 291 births. The ten-year change is -40%.

Babies named Jimmy per yearPeaks at 7,938 births in 1947.7,938 in 1947018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Jimmy?

An estimated 193,000 living Americans are called Jimmy. That is out of 290,955 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Jimmy?

Half of living Jimmys are older than 62, half younger. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Jimmy a mid-century name.

Your Jimmy

Ages of living people named JimmyHalf of living Jimmys are older than 62 and half younger.median 62020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Jimmy is most common

The name is concentrated in Arkansas, at 3.0× the national rate. Mississippi, Oklahoma and Louisiana follow.

Where Jimmy is used more than average5 states use the name Jimmy more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: 3.0× the national rateARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 2.0× the national rateOKLouisiana: 1.7× the national rateLAMississippi: 2.3× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: 1.6× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Jimmy is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Arkansas 75 3.0×
Mississippi 54 2.3×
Oklahoma 70 2.0×
Louisiana 74 1.7×
Georgia 162 1.6×

Jimmy in England and Wales

ONS recorded 93 births named Jimmy in 2025, ranking it #427.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Jimmy

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Jimmy Wales co-founder of Wikipedia 1966 237
Jimmy Carter president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 1924–2024 200
Jimmy Connors American tennis player 1952 62
Jimmy Morales Comedian and former President of Guatemala 1969 50
Jimmy Cliff Jamaican musician 1944–2025 47
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Dutch association football player and manager 1972 46
Jimmy Greaves English professional football player 1940–2021 45
Jimmy Butler American basketball player 1989 42
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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