NameTides

Jim

Jim was the #3,128 boys' name in the US in 2025 (38 babies), and #2,133 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Jim as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Jim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#3,128 (38)#2,133 (11)——#309 (14)#3,153 (5)
2024#4,433 (23)#5,120 (3)#727 (3)—#327 (12)#2,439 (7)
2023#4,002 (27)#2,814 (7)——#584 (5)#2,921 (5)
2022#3,412 (34)#1,782 (13)——#251 (19)—
2021#3,180 (37)#1,860 (12)——#364 (10)#2,260 (7)
2020#2,925 (40)#2,076 (10)——#459 (7)—
2019#3,052 (39)#1,986 (11)——#322 (13)—
2018#2,994 (39)#1,991 (11)—#416 (3)#572 (5)—
2017#3,123 (37)#2,172 (10)—#363 (4)#336 (12)#2,010 (8)
2016#2,783 (43)#2,175 (10)—#421 (3)#448 (7)#2,182 (7)
2015#2,809 (42)#2,150 (10)——#376 (10)—
2014#2,154 (63)#1,630 (14)—#398 (3)#382 (10)#2,371 (6)
2013#2,182 (60)#2,660 (7)——#317 (13)#2,305 (6)
2012#2,238 (58)#1,852 (12)#669 (3)#403 (3)#324 (13)#1,971 (8)
2011#2,145 (61)#1,251 (20)——#342 (12)#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1886 at #49.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jim is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 61,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 38,000 to 1 in 98,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jim by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Jim (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JimCanadaBoys#3,1535
JimEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
JimIrelandBoys#30914
JimNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JimScotlandBoys—too few
JimUSGirls—too few
JimUSBoys#3,12838