# Slim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/slim/  
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 | “skinny”, “slim”, “slim man” |
| Pronunciation | /slɪm/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun slime, probably topographic. * As a Native American surname (Navajo), from the English adjective slim, a calque of personal names containing the suffix -tsʼósí (“skinny, slim”), such as Hastiin-tsʼósí (“slim man”), see also Tsosie.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 5 | 1,379 |
| 1918 | 7 | 3,670 |

## People named Slim

- Slim Harpo, American blues musician (1924-1970)
- Slim Pickens, American rodeo performer, film and television actor (1919–1983)
- Slim Whitman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Slim Summerville, American actor and director (1892-1946)
- Slim Gaillard, American musician (1916–1991)
- Slim Whitaker, actor (1893-1960)
- Slim Belkhodja, French-Tunisian chess player
- Slim Aarons, American photographer (1916–2006)
- Salim al-Bishri, Egyptian Sunni religious scholar

## 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.