The name Jimmy is a diminutive form of James.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jimmy 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 Jimmy
Use of the Name Jimmy for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
276,314
141,152
39,295
11,828
5,701
2,246
1,123
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jimmy has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jimmy first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1883, which is the first 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 Jimmy
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1883
765
7
1884
817
7
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
619
11
1891
539
12
1892
771
9
1893
734
9
1894
528
15
1895
589
13
1896
570
14
1897
705
10
1898
515
17
1899
531
14
1900
328
43
1901
458
18
1902
515
18
1903
387
26
1904
398
28
1905
441
25
1906
318
43
1907
429
29
1908
417
33
1909
378
40
1910
360
51
1911
433
45
1912
433
81
1913
446
93
1914
477
103
1915
477
135
1916
430
174
1917
426
178
1918
415
200
1919
373
240
1920
321
327
1921
297
362
1922
290
380
1923
268
438
1924
250
533
1925
198
711
1926
166
882
1927
158
995
1928
138
1,234
1929
117
1,474
1930
102
1,799
1931
89
2,122
1932
75
2,468
976
53
1933
65
2,926
1934
56
3,693
1935
47
4,166
1936
46
4,212
1937
45
4,509
1938
45
4,730
1939
43
4,750
1940
44
4,994
1941
45
5,321
1942
47
5,948
1943
42
6,412
1944
40
6,324
1945
41
6,128
1946
42
7,134
1947
44
7,810
1948
50
6,906
1949
53
6,382
1950
55
5,758
1951
62
5,658
1952
72
5,296
1953
72
5,303
1954
74
5,336
1955
78
5,008
1956
78
5,335
1957
77
5,659
1958
73
5,599
1959
69
5,831
1960
69
5,813
1961
71
5,730
1962
75
5,512
1963
78
5,045
1964
78
4,913
1965
81
4,519
1966
76
4,235
1967
74
4,027
1968
77
3,806
1969
79
3,761
1970
86
3,652
1971
93
3,307
1972
97
2,929
1973
95
2,730
1974
99
2,561
1975
110
2,358
1976
101
2,500
1977
98
2,633
1978
118
2,164
1979
123
2,230
1980
125
2,203
1981
129
2,091
1982
132
2,087
1983
126
2,081
1984
134
2,069
1985
149
1,865
1986
150
1,818
1987
155
1,806
1988
161
1,727
1989
174
1,745
1990
171
1,788
1991
185
1,727
1992
200
1,557
1993
199
1,531
1994
210
1,372
1995
218
1,356
1996
223
1,360
1997
244
1,229
1998
265
1,088
1999
272
1,094
2000
272
1,185
2001
277
1,102
2002
267
1,168
2003
276
1,123
2004
280
1,123
Totals:
276,314
53
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jimmy as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Jimmy appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 117 times during the last 125 years.