How Many People Are Named Jim?
people named Jim are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,514 people in the US has this name
Based on 153,938 babies named Jim in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,697 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval diminutive of JAMES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jim (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jim alive today is about 66 years old, and 78% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jim first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 5,697 babies. In 2025, 38 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jim never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #45, in 1882, and it was in the top 100 in 51 years between 1880 and 1963. In 2025 it ranked #3,158.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,158 |
| Best rank | #45 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | 51 (1880 to 1963) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #84 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jim alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jim were born in California than in any other state: about 11,607 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jim was given 2.9 times as often in Wyoming, 2.8 times in Oregon and 2.8 times in Washington.
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