Jim
Jim is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 23 births. Its best rank was 45th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 230.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19595,687 births
- Best rank
- #45in 1882
- Since 1880
- 153,083people given the name
The story in the numbers
153,083 boys have been named Jim in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 5,687 births — 0.27% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 23 births in 2024, against 5,687 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1940s alone account for 23%. It has spent 118 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 51 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jim | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,520 | |
| 1890s | 2,841 | |
| 1900s | 2,718 | |
| 1910s | 5,764 | |
| 1920s | 10,566 | |
| 1930s | 20,823 | |
| 1940s | 35,632 | |
| 1950s | 26,215 | |
| 1960s | 33,198 | |
| 1970s | 6,023 | |
| 1980s | 2,548 | |
| 1990s | 1,607 | |
| 2000s | 962 | |
| 2010s | 506 | |
| 2020s | 160 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Jim was the 70th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Jim
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tompeak 1959
- Davepeak 1959
- Artpeak 1961
- Danpeak 1960
- Dellpeak 1953
- Lenpeak 1960
- Perrypeak 1959
- Willampeak 1959
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.