# Jimmy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jimmy/  
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 | /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jimmie, Jimi |
| US babies named this | 290,955 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 288,737 / 2,218 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,669, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Jim + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 20 | 4,041 |
| 1986 | 24 | 3,589 |
| 1987 | 16 | 4,943 |
| 1988 | 18 | 4,727 |
| 1989 | 15 | 5,663 |
| 1990 | 17 | 5,387 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,148 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,889 |
| 1993 | 9 | 9,060 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8,409 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,489 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,756 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,679 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,144 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,631 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 667 | 418 |
| 2012 | 589 | 463 |
| 2013 | 574 | 480 |
| 2014 | 536 | 522 |
| 2015 | 488 | 576 |
| 2016 | 517 | 557 |
| 2017 | 460 | 594 |
| 2018 | 392 | 654 |
| 2019 | 385 | 673 |
| 2020 | 340 | 727 |
| 2021 | 335 | 756 |
| 2022 | 325 | 778 |
| 2023 | 299 | 821 |
| 2024 | 286 | 850 |
| 2025 | 291 | 847 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 150 | 294 |
| 2012 | 155 | 295 |
| 2013 | 130 | 323 |
| 2014 | 162 | 285 |
| 2015 | 142 | 329 |
| 2016 | 151 | 319 |
| 2017 | 169 | 294 |
| 2018 | 153 | 310 |
| 2019 | 130 | 341 |
| 2020 | 113 | 377 |
| 2021 | 116 | 383 |
| 2022 | 112 | 379 |
| 2023 | 111 | 370 |
| 2024 | 109 | 382 |
| 2025 | 93 | 427 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جِيمِي
- Armenian: Ջիմի
- Bulgarian: Джими
- Chinese: 吉米
- Danish: Jimmy
- Georgian: ჯიმი
- Greek: Τζίμι
- Hebrew: ג׳ימי
- Hindi: जिमी
- Irish: Séamaisín
- Japanese: ジミー
- Korean: 지미
- Latvian: Džimijs
- Lithuanian: Džimis
- Portuguese: Tiaguinho
- Russian: Джимми
- Scottish Gaelic: Seumaidh
- Swedish: Jimmy
- Ukrainian: Джиммі

## People named Jimmy

- Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
- Jimmy Connors, American tennis player (born 1952)
- Jimmy Morales, Comedian and former President of Guatemala
- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch association football player and manager
- Jimmy Greaves, English professional football player (1940-2021)
- Jimmy Butler, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Jimmy Durante, American actor, comedian and singer (1893–1980)
- Jimmy Smits, American actor (born 1955)
- Jimmy Armfield, English footballer (1935-2018)
- Jimmy Bennett, American actor
- Jimmy Briand, French footballer (born 1985)
- Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer (1929–2020)

## 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.