Jimmy Name Popularity

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How popular is Jimmy?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Jimmy, ranked the 653rd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Jimmy has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #41 was reached for the first time in 1944 and as recently as 1945.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1947 with 7,877 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Jimmy was less than 5, most recently in 1887.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Jimmy occurred roughly during the years 1897-1900, 1902-1906, 1909-1937, 1938-1943, and 1944-1947, whereas 1947-1950, 1960-1966, 1968-1975, 1990-1994, 1995-1998, 2008-2012, and 2016-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Jimmy has steadily decreased in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Jimmy lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jimmy?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Jimmy still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jimmy has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Jimmy (Girl)		Jimmy (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	390	653
2017		< 5	--	456	596
2016		< 5	--	517	555
2015		< 5	--	486	576
2014		< 5	--	534	522
2013		< 5	--	572	480
2012		< 5	--	588	463
2011		< 5	--	665	419
2010		< 5	--	770	373
2009		< 5	--	823	368
2008		< 5	--	881	355
2007		< 5	--	961	332
2006		< 5	--	988	325
2005		< 5	--	1,085	303
2004		< 5	--	1,133	280
2003		< 5	--	1,126	278
2002		5	16,629	1,169	267
2001		< 5	--	1,106	277
2000		5	16,141	1,189	272
1999		< 5	--	1,097	272
1998		7	11,679	1,088	265
1997		5	14,751	1,228	244
1996		5	14,488	1,361	223
1995		< 5	--	1,355	220
1994		10	8,411	1,373	210
1993		9	9,056	1,527	199
1992		8	9,884	1,555	200
1991		6	12,145	1,729	185
1990		17	5,388	1,786	172
1989		15	5,659	1,745	175
1988		18	4,728	1,732	160
1987		16	4,940	1,810	155
1986		24	3,589	1,820	150
1985		20	4,037	1,867	149
1984		22	3,652	2,068	134
1983		20	3,863	2,090	126
1982		18	4,236	2,091	132
1981		21	3,785	2,097	129
1980		15	4,826	2,205	126
1979		26	3,187	2,233	123
1978		25	3,144	2,171	118
1977		23	3,311	2,638	98
1976		31	2,566	2,499	101
1975		22	3,204	2,360	111
1974		26	2,787	2,568	99
1973		22	3,060	2,734	95
1972		24	2,846	2,932	97
1971		34	2,305	3,318	93
1970		35	2,248	3,656	86
1969		31	2,313	3,760	79
1968		33	2,102	3,810	77
1967		41	1,828	4,020	74
1966		22	2,617	4,237	76
1965		24	2,500	4,530	81
1964		34	2,052	4,915	78
1963		26	2,390	5,041	78
1962		42	1,766	5,521	75
1961		37	1,904	5,742	71
1960		32	2,031	5,816	69
1959		39	1,776	5,834	69
1958		32	1,962	5,601	73
1957		41	1,692	5,667	77
1956		35	1,817	5,344	78
1955		39	1,649	5,026	78
1954		28	2,001	5,334	74
1953		31	1,800	5,310	72
1952		33	1,724	5,311	72
1951		32	1,717	5,686	62
1950		35	1,591	5,762	55
1949		34	1,612	6,418	53
1948		32	1,654	6,924	50
1947		57	1,195	7,877	44
1946		30	1,636	7,128	42
1945		37	1,323	6,155	41
1944		43	1,212	6,325	41
1943		39	1,313	6,440	42
1942		32	1,459	5,949	47
1941		31	1,400	5,333	45
1940		31	1,361	4,961	44
1939		26	1,494	4,752	43
1938		33	1,278	4,730	45
1937		38	1,168	4,516	45
1936		32	1,279	4,208	46
1935		35	1,212	4,174	47
1934		42	1,089	3,697	56
1933		35	1,212	2,929	64
1932		52	981	2,461	76
1931		30	1,355	2,127	89
1930		30	1,418	1,799	102
1929		24	1,618	1,489	115
1928		31	1,410	1,226	138
1927		26	1,646	993	158
1926		28	1,561	882	166
1925		31	1,483	708	199
1924		23	1,836	529	250
1923		14	2,531	439	268
1922		11	3,049	381	288
1921		6	4,766	361	297
1920		13	2,662	324	325
1919		15	2,321	239	374
1918		19	1,994	198	416
1917		8	3,513	177	427
1916		14	2,314	172	431
1915		11	2,615	136	472
1914		8	2,753	103	478
1913		11	1,957	94	443
1912		< 5	--	79	442
1911		5	2,663	45	433
1910		< 5	--	51	361
1909		< 5	--	40	380
1908		< 5	--	33	417
1907		< 5	--	29	431
1906		< 5	--	43	318
1905		< 5	--	25	441
1904		< 5	--	28	398
1903		< 5	--	26	387
1902		< 5	--	18	516
1901		< 5	--	18	458
1900		< 5	--	42	332
1899		< 5	--	14	531
1898		< 5	--	17	515
1897		< 5	--	10	705
1896		< 5	--	14	569
1895		< 5	--	12	626
1894		< 5	--	15	528
1893		< 5	--	9	733
1892		< 5	--	9	771
1891		< 5	--	12	539
1890		< 5	--	11	619
1889		< 5	--	5	1,040
1888		< 5	--	5	1,109
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	7	817
1883		< 5	--	7	765
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.