The name Jim is a diminutive form of James.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jim has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jim
Use of the Name Jim for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
151,075
61,137
3,914
445
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jim has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jim last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1997, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jim
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
49
345
1881
47
323
1882
45
396
1883
52
322
1884
55
346
1885
47
370
1886
49
389
1887
50
339
1888
56
362
1889
58
328
1890
62
336
1891
63
288
1892
64
334
1893
74
255
1894
70
288
1895
71
279
1896
71
281
1897
75
252
1898
77
269
1899
71
261
1900
68
399
1901
81
239
1902
77
300
1903
84
257
1904
84
266
1905
95
236
1906
90
261
1907
90
281
1908
117
220
1909
105
258
1910
100
331
1911
134
245
1912
149
401
1913
155
473
1914
174
515
1915
169
669
1916
177
683
1917
162
776
1918
165
829
1919
157
849
1920
168
834
1921
168
874
1922
168
884
1923
167
874
1924
160
985
1925
147
1,128
1926
144
1,160
1927
136
1,288
1928
137
1,239
1929
131
1,290
1930
124
1,464
1931
116
1,516
1932
104
1,758
1933
98
1,882
1934
90
2,208
1935
90
2,238
1936
85
2,268
1937
82
2,349
1938
81
2,501
1939
75
2,634
1940
78
2,714
1941
80
2,837
1942
74
3,522
1943
75
3,664
1944
69
3,729
1945
68
3,618
1946
73
4,334
1947
77
4,624
1948
86
3,795
1949
107
2,722
1950
139
1,926
1951
164
1,584
1952
172
1,527
1953
174
1,527
1954
174
1,590
1955
166
1,705
1956
148
2,191
1957
106
3,535
1958
87
4,911
1959
70
5,674
1960
75
5,547
1961
78
5,341
1962
85
4,708
1963
92
4,233
1964
101
3,648
1965
116
2,771
1966
136
2,196
1967
151
1,805
1968
177
1,503
1969
190
1,432
1970
204
1,257
1971
244
935
1972
274
707
1973
302
586
1974
324
543
1975
372
441
1976
374
418
1977
391
408
1978
409
360
1979
413
368
1980
487
300
1981
466
318
1982
477
314
1983
506
276
1984
540
255
1985
607
208
1986
596
222
1987
583
240
1988
644
215
1989
713
192
1990
689
217
1991
755
182
1992
741
194
1993
821
166
1994
808
170
1995
861
158
1996
874
157
1997
994
130
Totals:
151,075
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jim as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Jim appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 118 times during the last 125 years.