NameTides

Jimmy

Jimmy was the #846 boys' name in the US in 2025 (291 babies), and #427 in England & Wales and #837 in Canada.

Jimmy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jimmy 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Jimmy 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#846 (291)#427 (93)#560 (5)#270 (6)#286 (15)#837 (31)
2024#848 (286)#382 (109)#619 (4)—#267 (16)#1,126 (21)
2023#820 (299)#370 (111)#728 (3)#395 (3)#303 (14)#837 (29)
2022#777 (325)#379 (112)#590 (4)#414 (3)#306 (14)#833 (30)
2021#756 (335)#383 (116)—#326 (5)#336 (12)#753 (35)
2020#727 (340)#377 (113)—#334 (4)#402 (9)#778 (31)
2019#673 (385)#341 (130)#701 (3)#365 (4)#257 (18)#594 (45)
2018#654 (392)#310 (153)—#416 (3)#318 (13)#572 (47)
2017#593 (460)#294 (169)#490 (6)#229 (8)#296 (15)#596 (44)
2016#555 (517)#319 (151)#707 (3)#320 (5)#313 (14)#534 (52)
2015#575 (488)#329 (142)#686 (3)—#355 (11)#659 (39)
2014#522 (536)#285 (162)—#398 (3)#302 (15)#480 (61)
2013#480 (574)#323 (130)#590 (4)#343 (4)#282 (16)#482 (58)
2012#462 (589)#295 (155)——#354 (11)#471 (59)
2011#418 (667)#294 (150)——#289 (16)#525 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1944 at #41.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 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 5,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jimmy is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jimmy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #699CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #777FL
Jimmy (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5138
Ontario2024#1,3557

Jimmy (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JimmyCanadaBoys#83731
JimmyEngland & WalesBoys#42793
JimmyIrelandBoys#28615
JimmyNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
JimmyScotlandBoys#5605
JimmyUSGirls—too few
JimmyUSBoys#846291