Jimmy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JIM-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #427 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #846 for boys
Jimmy is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 427th for boys in the UK (104 babies) and 846th for boys in the US (291 babies).
What does Jimmy mean?
Hebrew: pet form of James, via Jim
“heel-holder, supplanter”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jimmy a girl's or a boy's name?
Jimmy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 104 boys in the UK and 291 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jimmy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #427among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 2,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 104 boys in the UK were named Jimmy, making it the 427th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 410th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 183 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jimmy than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Jimmy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. 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 Jimmy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #414, up from #427 for this spelling alone.
- Jimmy 104
- Jimi 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 427th in England and Wales, 560th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.
Jimmy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #427 |
| 2024 | 113 | #407 |
| 2023 | 117 | #393 |
| 2022 | 119 | #395 |
| 2021 | 123 | #401 |
| 2020 | 118 | #410 |
| 2019 | 137 | #368 |
| 2018 | 158 | #336 |
| 2017 | 183 | #313 |
| 2016 | 159 | #340 |
| 2015 | 145 | #357 |
| 2014 | 165 | #311 |
| 2013 | 138 | #343 |
| 2012 | 157 | #327 |
| 2011 | 150 | #331 |
| 2010 | 151 | #329 |
| 2009 | 147 | #320 |
| 2008 | 132 | #337 |
| 2007 | 157 | #282 |
| 2006 | 129 | #302 |
| 2005 | 140 | #271 |
| 2004 | 137 | #268 |
| 2003 | 122 | #282 |
| 2002 | 80 | #357 |
| 2001 | 89 | #337 |
| 2000 | 89 | #336 |
| 1999 | 76 | #361 |
| 1998 | 93 | #308 |
| 1997 | 76 | #355 |
| 1996 | 80 | #334 |
How popular is Jimmy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #846among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 291about 1 in 5,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 291 boys in the US were named Jimmy, making it the 846th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 727th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 7,881 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Jimmy in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 321 boys in the US were given Jimmy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #846 for this spelling alone.
- Jimmy 291
- Jimmie 30
Jimmy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 291 | #846 |
| 2024 | 286 | #848 |
| 2023 | 299 | #820 |
| 2022 | 325 | #777 |
| 2021 | 335 | #756 |
| 2020 | 340 | #727 |
| 2019 | 385 | #673 |
| 2018 | 392 | #654 |
| 2017 | 460 | #593 |
| 2016 | 517 | #555 |
| 2015 | 488 | #575 |
| 2014 | 536 | #522 |
| 2013 | 574 | #480 |
| 2012 | 589 | #462 |
| 2011 | 667 | #418 |
| 2010 | 772 | #373 |
| 2009 | 824 | #368 |
| 2008 | 882 | #355 |
| 2007 | 961 | #332 |
| 2006 | 988 | #324 |
| 2005 | 1,086 | #303 |
| 2004 | 1,134 | #280 |
| 2003 | 1,126 | #277 |
| 2002 | 1,170 | #266 |
| 2001 | 1,106 | #277 |
| 2000 | 1,189 | #272 |
| 1999 | 1,097 | #272 |
| 1998 | 1,088 | #265 |
| 1997 | 1,228 | #244 |
| 1996 | 1,361 | #223 |
| 1995 | 1,355 | #219 |
| 1994 | 1,374 | #210 |
| 1993 | 1,528 | #199 |
| 1992 | 1,555 | #200 |
| 1991 | 1,732 | #183 |
| 1990 | 1,788 | #172 |
| 1989 | 1,745 | #175 |
| 1988 | 1,731 | #161 |
| 1987 | 1,810 | #155 |
| 1986 | 1,820 | #150 |
| 1985 | 1,867 | #149 |
| 1984 | 2,069 | #134 |
| 1983 | 2,089 | #126 |
| 1982 | 2,090 | #132 |
| 1981 | 2,096 | #129 |
| 1980 | 2,205 | #126 |
| 1979 | 2,232 | #123 |
| 1978 | 2,168 | #118 |
| 1977 | 2,637 | #98 |
| 1976 | 2,495 | #101 |
| 1975 | 2,357 | #111 |
| 1974 | 2,568 | #99 |
| 1973 | 2,735 | #95 |
| 1972 | 2,932 | #97 |
| 1971 | 3,315 | #93 |
| 1970 | 3,660 | #86 |
| 1969 | 3,757 | #79 |
| 1968 | 3,814 | #76 |
| 1967 | 4,021 | #74 |
| 1966 | 4,238 | #77 |
| 1965 | 4,529 | #81 |
| 1964 | 4,913 | #78 |
| 1963 | 5,043 | #78 |
| 1962 | 5,518 | #75 |
| 1961 | 5,749 | #71 |
| 1960 | 5,817 | #69 |
| 1959 | 5,830 | #69 |
| 1958 | 5,618 | #73 |
| 1957 | 5,667 | #77 |
| 1956 | 5,345 | #78 |
| 1955 | 5,036 | #78 |
| 1954 | 5,327 | #74 |
| 1953 | 5,310 | #72 |
| 1952 | 5,311 | #72 |
| 1951 | 5,687 | #62 |
| 1950 | 5,761 | #55 |
| 1949 | 6,417 | #53 |
| 1948 | 6,927 | #50 |
| 1947 | 7,881 | #44 |
| 1946 | 7,128 | #42 |
| 1945 | 6,159 | #41 |
| 1944 | 6,320 | #41 |
| 1943 | 6,444 | #42 |
| 1942 | 5,949 | #47 |
| 1941 | 5,336 | #45 |
| 1940 | 4,962 | #44 |
| 1939 | 4,753 | #43 |
| 1938 | 4,730 | #45 |
| 1937 | 4,517 | #45 |
| 1936 | 4,214 | #46 |
| 1935 | 4,171 | #47 |
| 1934 | 3,696 | #56 |
| 1933 | 2,932 | #64 |
| 1932 | 2,461 | #76 |
| 1931 | 2,126 | #89 |
| 1930 | 1,799 | #102 |
| 1929 | 1,489 | #115 |
| 1928 | 1,226 | #138 |
| 1927 | 993 | #158 |
| 1926 | 882 | #166 |
| 1925 | 708 | #197 |
| 1924 | 529 | #250 |
| 1923 | 439 | #268 |
| 1922 | 381 | #288 |
| 1921 | 361 | #297 |
| 1920 | 324 | #325 |
| 1919 | 239 | #374 |
| 1918 | 198 | #415 |
| 1917 | 177 | #426 |
| 1916 | 172 | #431 |
| 1915 | 136 | #472 |
| 1914 | 103 | #478 |
| 1913 | 94 | #442 |
| 1912 | 79 | #439 |
| 1911 | 45 | #432 |
| 1910 | 51 | #359 |
| 1909 | 40 | #378 |
| 1908 | 33 | #413 |
| 1907 | 29 | #429 |
| 1906 | 43 | #316 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 28 | #390 |
| 1903 | 26 | #381 |
| 1902 | 18 | #507 |
| 1901 | 18 | #453 |
| 1900 | 42 | #330 |
| 1899 | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | 17 | #505 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 15 | #521 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 12 | #524 |
| 1890 | 11 | #603 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
Nicknames for Jimmy
- Jim 11 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jimmy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Jimmy
Names related to Jimmy
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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, “Jimmy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jimmy, updated 20 October 2026.