How Many People Are Named Jimi?
people named Jimi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 193,317 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,908 babies named Jimi in Social Security records from 1944 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
66 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of JAMES. A famous bearer was the rock musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jimi in English. Counting Jimi and these spellings together, about 241,786 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jimi, 34.8% were girls and 65.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jimi fell from 54.5% in the 1950s to 17.7% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jimi alive today is about 39 years old, and 57% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jimi first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 1971, to 66 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Jimi has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,222, in 1971. Among girls, its best rank was #2,800, in 1958.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,222 (1971) | #2,800 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,581 in the 1970s | #3,870 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jimi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jimi were born in California than in any other state: about 116 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jimi was given about 5.9 times as often in California.
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