Jimmie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JIM-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Jimmie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Jimmie mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jimmy; pet form of James, via Jim
“heel-holder, supplanter”
Meaning borrowed from Jimmy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jimmie a girl's or a boy's name?
Jimmie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 30 boys in the US.
How popular is Jimmie in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jimmie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Jimmie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Jimmie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Jimmie, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,113th. Its busiest year was 1934, with 2,837 boys. 5 girls were also named Jimmie in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Jimmie than any year since 1889.
Half of all the boys named Jimmie in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 321 boys in the US were given Jimmie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
- Jimmy 291
- Jimmie 30
Girls were 38% of the babies named Jimmie in the US in 1880, and 14% in 2025.
Jimmie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 47 | #2,736 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,047 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,001 |
| 2014 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2013 | 94 | #1,623 |
| 2012 | 91 | #1,675 |
| 2011 | 90 | #1,666 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,470 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,561 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,467 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,445 |
| 2006 | 127 | #1,301 |
| 2005 | 100 | #1,459 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 143 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 111 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 154 | #991 |
| 2000 | 160 | #947 |
| 1999 | 176 | #857 |
| 1998 | 165 | #877 |
| 1997 | 193 | #773 |
| 1996 | 206 | #741 |
| 1995 | 194 | #766 |
| 1994 | 235 | #673 |
| 1993 | 228 | #680 |
| 1992 | 261 | #635 |
| 1991 | 310 | #572 |
| 1990 | 332 | #553 |
| 1989 | 313 | #548 |
| 1988 | 327 | #507 |
| 1987 | 318 | #500 |
| 1986 | 320 | #488 |
| 1985 | 341 | #470 |
| 1984 | 330 | #465 |
| 1983 | 384 | #417 |
| 1982 | 390 | #423 |
| 1981 | 400 | #415 |
| 1980 | 484 | #363 |
| 1979 | 431 | #387 |
| 1978 | 484 | #349 |
| 1977 | 488 | #356 |
| 1976 | 507 | #339 |
| 1975 | 577 | #312 |
| 1974 | 581 | #315 |
| 1973 | 625 | #291 |
| 1972 | 668 | #284 |
| 1971 | 773 | #274 |
| 1970 | 817 | #266 |
| 1969 | 826 | #254 |
| 1968 | 840 | #247 |
| 1967 | 864 | #238 |
| 1966 | 924 | #233 |
| 1965 | 948 | #239 |
| 1964 | 1,053 | #231 |
| 1963 | 1,121 | #225 |
| 1962 | 1,070 | #236 |
| 1961 | 1,223 | #226 |
| 1960 | 1,305 | #216 |
| 1959 | 1,286 | #215 |
| 1958 | 1,316 | #206 |
| 1957 | 1,469 | #191 |
| 1956 | 1,475 | #189 |
| 1955 | 1,386 | #192 |
| 1954 | 1,621 | #171 |
| 1953 | 1,628 | #167 |
| 1952 | 1,642 | #163 |
| 1951 | 1,811 | #145 |
| 1950 | 1,901 | #141 |
| 1949 | 2,091 | #130 |
| 1948 | 2,362 | #120 |
| 1947 | 2,600 | #113 |
| 1946 | 2,565 | #104 |
| 1945 | 2,294 | #102 |
| 1944 | 2,398 | #98 |
| 1943 | 2,628 | #95 |
| 1942 | 2,541 | #94 |
| 1941 | 2,473 | #89 |
| 1940 | 2,408 | #86 |
| 1939 | 2,524 | #80 |
| 1938 | 2,693 | #76 |
| 1937 | 2,679 | #72 |
| 1936 | 2,742 | #71 |
| 1935 | 2,829 | #69 |
| 1934 | 2,837 | #68 |
| 1933 | 2,491 | #72 |
| 1932 | 2,475 | #75 |
| 1931 | 2,288 | #81 |
| 1930 | 2,255 | #86 |
| 1929 | 1,952 | #98 |
| 1928 | 1,924 | #100 |
| 1927 | 1,719 | #108 |
| 1926 | 1,609 | #115 |
| 1925 | 1,485 | #121 |
| 1924 | 1,315 | #132 |
| 1923 | 1,162 | #141 |
| 1922 | 1,117 | #140 |
| 1921 | 1,051 | #147 |
| 1920 | 1,024 | #147 |
| 1919 | 1,020 | #142 |
| 1918 | 874 | #158 |
| 1917 | 712 | #176 |
| 1916 | 667 | #179 |
| 1915 | 611 | #183 |
| 1914 | 530 | #169 |
| 1913 | 452 | #158 |
| 1912 | 366 | #160 |
| 1911 | 243 | #135 |
| 1910 | 259 | #124 |
| 1909 | 185 | #142 |
| 1908 | 160 | #147 |
| 1907 | 160 | #144 |
| 1906 | 139 | #148 |
| 1905 | 136 | #151 |
| 1904 | 124 | #154 |
| 1903 | 128 | #145 |
| 1902 | 123 | #149 |
| 1901 | 99 | #156 |
| 1900 | 118 | #176 |
| 1899 | 61 | #213 |
| 1898 | 64 | #219 |
| 1897 | 49 | #249 |
| 1896 | 46 | #265 |
| 1895 | 65 | #213 |
| 1894 | 44 | #261 |
| 1893 | 46 | #258 |
| 1892 | 38 | #298 |
| 1891 | 40 | #251 |
| 1890 | 34 | #294 |
| 1889 | 30 | #318 |
| 1888 | 32 | #314 |
| 1887 | 33 | #289 |
| 1886 | 37 | #280 |
| 1885 | 25 | #344 |
| 1884 | 26 | #344 |
| 1883 | 26 | #324 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1881 | 20 | #375 |
| 1880 | 24 | #350 |
Nicknames for Jimmie
- Jim 11 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jimmie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Freddie, Jesse, James, Archie, Joseph, Charlie, George, Eddie, Ollie, John, Edward, Stanley
Other spellings of Jimmie
Names related to Jimmie
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jimmie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jimmie, updated 20 October 2026.