Jimi

Boy · JIM-ee · Hebrew

Jimi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).

What does Jimi mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Jimmy; pet form of James, via Jim

“heel-holder, supplanter”

Say it: JIM-ee

Meaning borrowed from Jimmy. More on Wiktionary.

Is Jimi a girl's or a boy's name?

Jimi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jimi in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #2,742among boys
Babies in 2025: 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 29% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Jimi, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 30 boys.

Half of all the boys named Jimi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 112 boys in the UK were given Jimi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #414, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.

Jimmy 104
Jimi 8

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 30 in 20102025

Jimi in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	8	#2,742
2024	7	#3,003
2023	5	#3,712
2022	7	#2,922
2021	11	#2,100
2020	7	#2,819
2019	13	#1,858
2018	8	#2,576
2017	20	#1,374
2016	12	#2,007
2015	10	#2,260
2014	19	#1,406
2013	13	#1,799
2012	15	#1,692
2011	22	#1,252
2010	30	#1,019
2009	20	#1,290
2008	25	#1,102
2007	12	#1,760
2006	21	#1,131
2005	20	#1,133
2004	18	#1,140
2003	12	#1,418
2002	9	#1,594
2001	14	#1,149
2000	12	#1,235
1999	10	#1,352
1998	8	#1,569
1997	10	#1,319
1996	11	#1,215

How popular is Jimi in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.

Half of all the boys named Jimi in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1995, 28% of the babies named Jimi in the US were girls.

1953Busiest: 46 in 19712024

Jimi in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2024	6	#10,930
2023	10	#7,733
2022	14	#6,141
2021	16	#5,557
2020	13	#6,292
2019	0	–
2018	13	#6,341
2017	17	#5,293
2016	11	#7,152
2015	19	#4,888
2014	11	#7,043
2013	20	#4,619
2012	18	#5,030
2011	10	#7,495
2010	16	#5,475
2009	15	#5,796
2008	17	#5,244
2007	21	#4,491
2006	21	#4,366
2005	23	#3,937
2004	17	#4,788
2003	17	#4,611
2002	22	#3,789
2001	16	#4,670
2000	13	#5,290
1999	16	#4,336
1998	15	#4,409
1997	14	#4,446
1996	15	#4,179
1995	26	#2,757
1994	13	#4,531
1993	27	#2,635
1992	23	#2,903
1991	22	#2,909
1990	23	#2,774
1989	16	#3,440
1988	26	#2,300
1987	22	#2,464
1986	20	#2,598
1985	15	#3,067
1984	22	#2,291
1983	21	#2,340
1982	24	#2,165
1981	19	#2,495
1980	25	#2,110
1979	32	#1,753
1978	26	#1,913
1977	31	#1,707
1976	35	#1,540
1975	28	#1,752
1974	32	#1,546
1973	28	#1,653
1972	37	#1,391
1971	46	#1,214
1970	29	#1,581
1969	15	#2,216
1968	10	#2,734
1967	5	#3,964
1966	0	–
1965	0	–
1964	0	–
1963	7	#3,317
1962	0	–
1961	17	#1,996
1960	8	#3,075
1959	17	#1,973
1958	20	#1,765
1957	14	#2,189
1956	6	#3,533
1955	10	#2,557
1954	0	–
1953	8	#2,904

Nicknames for Jimi

Jim 11 boys in the UK in 2025

Names like Jimi

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Loki Benji Yitzchok Rumi Yoan Minh Tai Mika Yug Yakov Yusuf Shko

Other spellings of Jimi

Jimmy

Names related to Jimi

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