first name
JIMMY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 173,056 people named Jimmy, 58.9% reported their origin as White, 14.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 14% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jimmy peaked in 1947, when 7,938 babies got the name.
At least 290,955 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jimmy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #90. The largest share of babies named Jimmy, 38.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jimmy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jimmy has been most common in Arkansas (4.3×), Oklahoma (3.5×), and Mississippi (3.3×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.07×).
285,840 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jimmy
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jimmy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jimmy ranks #36,675 of 156,621, with 656 people. See Jimmy as a last name
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