Is Jimmy a boy or girl name?
Jimmy is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 282 boys were named Jimmy, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.8% of the 290,651 US babies named Jimmy were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #859
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Jimmy since 1883
- 290,651
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 7,938 babies
Boys and girls named Jimmy, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 123 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 302 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 1,294 | 91 | 6.6% |
| 1920s | 7,332 | 207 | 2.7% |
| 1930s | 35,398 | 353 | 1% |
| 1940s | 63,522 | 366 | 0.6% |
| 1950s | 54,891 | 345 | 0.6% |
| 1960s | 47,395 | 322 | 0.7% |
| 1970s | 27,101 | 268 | 1% |
| 1980s | 19,522 | 189 | 1% |
| 1990s | 14,105 | 67 | 0.5% |
| 2000s | 10,466 | 10 | 0.1% |
| 2010s | 5,379 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 1,579 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 282 | #859 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 298 | #821 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 325 | #777 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 334 | #755 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 340 | #727 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 385 | #673 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 392 | #654 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 460 | #594 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 517 | #557 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 488 | #575 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 536 | #522 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 574 | #480 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 589 | #462 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 667 | #418 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 771 | #373 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 824 | #368 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 882 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 961 | #332 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 988 | #325 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1,086 | #303 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1,134 | #280 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1,126 | #278 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1,170 | #266 | 5 | #16,631 |
| 2001 | 1,106 | #277 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1,189 | #272 | 5 | #16,144 |
| 1999 | 1,097 | #272 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1,088 | #265 | 7 | #11,679 |
| 1997 | 1,228 | #244 | 5 | #14,755 |
| 1996 | 1,361 | #223 | 5 | #14,489 |
| 1995 | 1,355 | #220 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 1,373 | #210 | 10 | #8,411 |
| 1993 | 1,528 | #199 | 9 | #9,060 |
| 1992 | 1,555 | #200 | 8 | #9,887 |
| 1991 | 1,732 | #184 | 6 | #12,148 |
| 1990 | 1,788 | #172 | 17 | #5,387 |
| 1989 | 1,745 | #175 | 15 | #5,663 |
| 1988 | 1,731 | #161 | 18 | #4,727 |
| 1987 | 1,810 | #155 | 16 | #4,942 |
| 1986 | 1,820 | #150 | 24 | #3,589 |
| 1985 | 1,867 | #149 | 20 | #4,040 |
| 1984 | 2,069 | #134 | 22 | #3,652 |
| 1983 | 2,089 | #127 | 20 | #3,866 |
| 1982 | 2,090 | #132 | 18 | #4,237 |
| 1981 | 2,096 | #129 | 21 | #3,786 |
| 1980 | 2,205 | #126 | 15 | #4,825 |
| 1979 | 2,233 | #123 | 26 | #3,188 |
| 1978 | 2,168 | #118 | 25 | #3,143 |
| 1977 | 2,636 | #98 | 23 | #3,313 |
| 1976 | 2,496 | #101 | 31 | #2,568 |
| 1975 | 2,357 | #112 | 22 | #3,202 |
| 1974 | 2,569 | #99 | 26 | #2,787 |
| 1973 | 2,735 | #95 | 22 | #3,060 |
| 1972 | 2,933 | #97 | 24 | #2,846 |
| 1971 | 3,315 | #93 | 34 | #2,307 |
| 1970 | 3,659 | #86 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1969 | 3,757 | #78 | 31 | #2,316 |
| 1968 | 3,812 | #77 | 33 | #2,103 |
| 1967 | 4,021 | #74 | 41 | #1,831 |
| 1966 | 4,237 | #77 | 22 | #2,617 |
| 1965 | 4,532 | #81 | 24 | #2,498 |
| 1964 | 4,911 | #79 | 34 | #2,052 |
| 1963 | 5,040 | #78 | 26 | #2,389 |
| 1962 | 5,519 | #75 | 42 | #1,767 |
| 1961 | 5,748 | #71 | 37 | #1,904 |
| 1960 | 5,818 | #69 | 32 | #2,030 |
| 1959 | 5,829 | #69 | 39 | #1,774 |
| 1958 | 5,615 | #73 | 32 | #1,962 |
| 1957 | 5,669 | #77 | 41 | #1,694 |
| 1956 | 5,346 | #78 | 35 | #1,814 |
| 1955 | 5,037 | #78 | 39 | #1,650 |
| 1954 | 5,326 | #74 | 28 | #2,000 |
| 1953 | 5,310 | #72 | 31 | #1,800 |
| 1952 | 5,311 | #72 | 33 | #1,724 |
| 1951 | 5,687 | #62 | 32 | #1,717 |
| 1950 | 5,761 | #55 | 35 | #1,589 |
| 1949 | 6,417 | #53 | 34 | #1,613 |
| 1948 | 6,926 | #50 | 32 | #1,654 |
| 1947 | 7,881 | #44 | 57 | #1,196 |
| 1946 | 7,128 | #42 | 30 | #1,634 |
| 1945 | 6,159 | #41 | 37 | #1,323 |
| 1944 | 6,320 | #41 | 43 | #1,211 |
| 1943 | 6,444 | #42 | 39 | #1,313 |
| 1942 | 5,948 | #47 | 32 | #1,459 |
| 1941 | 5,337 | #45 | 31 | #1,400 |
| 1940 | 4,962 | #44 | 31 | #1,361 |
| 1939 | 4,752 | #43 | 26 | #1,493 |
| 1938 | 4,730 | #45 | 33 | #1,278 |
| 1937 | 4,517 | #45 | 38 | #1,168 |
| 1936 | 4,213 | #46 | 32 | #1,280 |
| 1935 | 4,172 | #47 | 35 | #1,212 |
| 1934 | 3,696 | #56 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1933 | 2,932 | #64 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1932 | 2,461 | #76 | 52 | #981 |
| 1931 | 2,125 | #89 | 30 | #1,356 |
| 1930 | 1,800 | #102 | 30 | #1,418 |
| 1929 | 1,489 | #115 | 24 | #1,618 |
| 1928 | 1,226 | #138 | 31 | #1,409 |
| 1927 | 993 | #158 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1926 | 882 | #166 | 28 | #1,561 |
| 1925 | 708 | #198 | 31 | #1,483 |
| 1924 | 529 | #250 | 23 | #1,836 |
| 1923 | 439 | #268 | 14 | #2,531 |
| 1922 | 381 | #288 | 11 | #3,050 |
| 1921 | 361 | #297 | 6 | #4,766 |
| 1920 | 324 | #325 | 13 | #2,662 |
| 1919 | 239 | #374 | 15 | #2,321 |
| 1918 | 198 | #416 | 19 | #1,994 |
| 1917 | 177 | #427 | 8 | #3,513 |
| 1916 | 172 | #431 | 14 | #2,314 |
| 1915 | 136 | #472 | 11 | #2,615 |
| 1914 | 103 | #478 | 8 | #2,753 |
| 1913 | 94 | #443 | 11 | #1,957 |
| 1912 | 79 | #442 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 45 | #433 | 5 | #2,663 |
| 1910 | 51 | #361 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 40 | #380 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 33 | #417 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 29 | #431 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 43 | #318 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 25 | #441 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 28 | #398 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 26 | #387 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 18 | #516 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 18 | #458 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 42 | #332 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 14 | #531 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 17 | #515 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 10 | #705 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 14 | #569 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 12 | #626 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 15 | #528 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 9 | #733 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 9 | #771 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 12 | #539 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 11 | #619 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,040 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,109 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #817 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 7 | #765 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Jimmy reached #41 in 1944. As a girl name, it reached #981 in 1932. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Jimmy
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.