# Jim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒɪm/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | Jimmy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 153,938 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 153,122 / 816 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 398, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 12 | 3,628 |
| 1959 | 9 | 4,442 |
| 1960 | 8 | 4,940 |
| 1961 | 10 | 4,367 |
| 1962 | 10 | 4,383 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5,565 |
| 1964 | 10 | 4,473 |
| 1965 | 9 | 4,634 |
| 1966 | 5 | 6,998 |
| 1967 | 11 | 4,153 |
| 1968 | 7 | 5,874 |
| 1969 | 11 | 4,551 |
| 1971 | 8 | 6,250 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,948 |
| 1984 | 5 | 11,104 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,157 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,250 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,188 |
| 2014 | 63 | 2,164 |
| 2015 | 42 | 2,831 |
| 2016 | 43 | 2,811 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,158 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,022 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,076 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,952 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,212 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,437 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,060 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,494 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,159 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جِيم
- Chinese: 吉姆
- Esperanto: Jakĉjo
- French: Jacky
- German: Jockel
- Greek: Τζιμ
- Irish: Séamaisín
- Italian: Lapo
- Japanese: ジム
- Korean: 짐
- Portuguese: Tiaguinho
- Russian: Джим
- Slovak: Kubo
- Spanish: Jaimito, Diego, Yago

## People named Jim

- Jim Lovell, American astronaut (1928–2025)
- Jim Jarmusch, American film director, screenwriter and actor
- Jim Thorpe, American track and field athlete and baseball player (1888-1953)
- Jim Clark, British racecar driver (1936–1968)
- Jim Meskimen, American actor
- Jim Courier, American tennis player
- Jim Hanks, American actor
- Jim Brown, American football player and actor (1936–2023)
- Jim Sturgess, English actor and singer-songwriter
- Jim Webb, American politician, military officer and author (born 1946)
- Jim Hines, American sprinter and football player (1946–2023)
- Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician (born 1943)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.