How Many People Are Named Jimmie?

54,221

people named Jimmie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 6,303 people in the US has this name

Based on 135,266 babies named Jimmie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#876

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#392

See the top 100

Peak Year

1934

3,451 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: JIM-ee
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Diminutive or feminine form of JAMES.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Jimmie in English. Counting Jimmie and these spellings together, about 241,786 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
13.9%
Male
86.1%

Of the babies given the name Jimmie, 13.9% were girls and 86.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jimmie fell from 50.6% in the 1880s to 8.5% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jimmie alive today is about 65 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 79 in 2025.

Under 30 3,143
5.8%
30 to 59 14,354
26.5%
60 and over 36,723
67.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jimmie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1934, to 3,451 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Jimmie never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #68, in 1934, and it was in the top 100 for 17 years, 1928 to 1944. In 2025 it ranked #3,699. Among girls, its best rank was #254, in 1934.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#3,699#15,956
Best rank#68 (1934)#254 (1934)
Years in the top 10017 (1928 to 1944)None
Rank in its biggest decade#73 in the 1930s#264 in the 1930s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jimmie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jimmie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6,145 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jimmie was given 4.9 times as often in Mississippi, 3.6 times in Alabama and 3.4 times in Oklahoma.

Texas 6,145
Mississippi 4,109
Alabama 3,531
California 3,015
Georgia 2,685
Florida 2,598
North Carolina 2,370
Oklahoma 2,305
Louisiana 2,277
Illinois 2,082
Tennessee 1,962
Arkansas 1,915
Missouri 1,883
South Carolina 1,647
Kentucky 1,612
Michigan 1,338
Ohio 1,298
Virginia 944
Indiana 943
New York 705
Kansas 682
West Virginia 632
Arizona 444
New Mexico 403
Colorado 318
Pennsylvania 310
Iowa 286
Washington 258
New Jersey 243
Maryland 241
Wisconsin 186
Oregon 185
Nebraska 160
Idaho 69
District of Columbia 69
Utah 63
Minnesota 43
Connecticut 43
Massachusetts 28
South Dakota 19
Montana 16
Wyoming 12
Alaska 9
North Dakota 6
Nevada 6

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