Jim
Boy · JIM · Hebrew
Jim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Jim mean?
Hebrew: short form of James, from Jacob
“supplanter”
Short form of James, which comes from Jacob through Late Latin Iacomus.
- Say it
- JIM
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Is Jim a girl's or a boy's name?
Jim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Jim, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Jim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 19 | #949 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 24 | #697 |
How popular is Jim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Jim, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 5,688 boys.
2025 had more boys named Jim than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Jim in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,181 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,099 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,182 |
| 2008 | 88 | #1,719 |
| 2007 | 79 | #1,830 |
| 2006 | 97 | #1,536 |
| 2005 | 92 | #1,533 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,392 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,347 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,189 |
| 2001 | 105 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 120 | #1,150 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,213 |
| 1998 | 123 | #1,065 |
| 1997 | 129 | #995 |
| 1996 | 157 | #872 |
| 1995 | 158 | #858 |
| 1994 | 171 | #805 |
| 1993 | 167 | #815 |
| 1992 | 195 | #738 |
| 1991 | 184 | #747 |
| 1990 | 219 | #683 |
| 1989 | 193 | #705 |
| 1988 | 215 | #644 |
| 1987 | 241 | #583 |
| 1986 | 222 | #597 |
| 1985 | 207 | #607 |
| 1984 | 256 | #540 |
| 1983 | 279 | #502 |
| 1982 | 313 | #482 |
| 1981 | 319 | #466 |
| 1980 | 302 | #486 |
| 1979 | 369 | #414 |
| 1978 | 359 | #410 |
| 1977 | 408 | #390 |
| 1976 | 420 | #373 |
| 1975 | 439 | #372 |
| 1974 | 541 | #325 |
| 1973 | 585 | #302 |
| 1972 | 707 | #275 |
| 1971 | 934 | #246 |
| 1970 | 1,259 | #204 |
| 1969 | 1,427 | #190 |
| 1968 | 1,502 | #177 |
| 1967 | 1,806 | #151 |
| 1966 | 2,197 | #136 |
| 1965 | 2,772 | #116 |
| 1964 | 3,644 | #101 |
| 1963 | 4,237 | #92 |
| 1962 | 4,715 | #85 |
| 1961 | 5,352 | #78 |
| 1960 | 5,549 | #75 |
| 1959 | 5,688 | #70 |
| 1958 | 4,921 | #87 |
| 1957 | 3,543 | #106 |
| 1956 | 2,188 | #148 |
| 1955 | 1,699 | #167 |
| 1954 | 1,593 | #174 |
| 1953 | 1,535 | #172 |
| 1952 | 1,523 | #172 |
| 1951 | 1,595 | #164 |
| 1950 | 1,930 | #139 |
| 1949 | 2,725 | #108 |
| 1948 | 3,808 | #86 |
| 1947 | 4,640 | #77 |
| 1946 | 4,336 | #73 |
| 1945 | 3,625 | #68 |
| 1944 | 3,744 | #68 |
| 1943 | 3,682 | #75 |
| 1942 | 3,514 | #74 |
| 1941 | 2,843 | #80 |
| 1940 | 2,715 | #78 |
| 1939 | 2,636 | #75 |
| 1938 | 2,497 | #81 |
| 1937 | 2,347 | #82 |
| 1936 | 2,268 | #85 |
| 1935 | 2,244 | #90 |
| 1934 | 2,207 | #90 |
| 1933 | 1,875 | #98 |
| 1932 | 1,765 | #104 |
| 1931 | 1,520 | #116 |
| 1930 | 1,464 | #125 |
| 1929 | 1,290 | #132 |
| 1928 | 1,237 | #137 |
| 1927 | 1,293 | #136 |
| 1926 | 1,165 | #143 |
| 1925 | 1,124 | #147 |
| 1924 | 992 | #160 |
| 1923 | 867 | #167 |
| 1922 | 881 | #169 |
| 1921 | 879 | #165 |
| 1920 | 838 | #165 |
| 1919 | 848 | #157 |
| 1918 | 827 | #165 |
| 1917 | 774 | #163 |
| 1916 | 684 | #177 |
| 1915 | 668 | #170 |
| 1914 | 513 | #174 |
| 1913 | 473 | #154 |
| 1912 | 401 | #149 |
| 1911 | 245 | #134 |
| 1910 | 331 | #100 |
| 1909 | 259 | #105 |
| 1908 | 220 | #117 |
| 1907 | 281 | #90 |
| 1906 | 261 | #90 |
| 1905 | 236 | #95 |
| 1904 | 266 | #85 |
| 1903 | 257 | #83 |
| 1902 | 300 | #77 |
| 1901 | 239 | #81 |
| 1900 | 399 | #68 |
| 1899 | 261 | #70 |
| 1898 | 269 | #77 |
| 1897 | 252 | #75 |
| 1896 | 281 | #71 |
| 1895 | 278 | #71 |
| 1894 | 287 | #70 |
| 1893 | 255 | #74 |
| 1892 | 334 | #64 |
| 1891 | 288 | #63 |
| 1890 | 336 | #62 |
| 1889 | 328 | #58 |
| 1888 | 362 | #56 |
| 1887 | 339 | #50 |
| 1886 | 389 | #49 |
| 1885 | 370 | #46 |
| 1884 | 346 | #55 |
| 1883 | 322 | #52 |
| 1882 | 396 | #45 |
| 1881 | 323 | #47 |
| 1880 | 345 | #49 |
Nicknames for Jim
- Jimmy 104 boys in the UK in 2025
- Jimbo
Names like Jim
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