Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jim” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jim” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jim” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jim” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jim” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jim” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jim” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jim” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 345 0.001712295 345 -100%
1881 323 0.001676285 323 -100%
1882 396 0.001787544 396 -100%
1883 322 0.00148424 322 -100%
1884 346 0.001421172 346 -100%
1885 370 0.0015362 370 -100%
1886 389 0.001523602 389 -100%
1887 339 0.001370295 339 -100%
1888 367 0.001225482 5 362 -97%
1889 328 0.00113516 328 -100%
1890 343 0.001138019 7 336 -96%
1891 294 0.001025559 6 288 -96%
1892 342 0.001022807 8 334 -95%
1893 261 0.000802526 6 255 -95%
1894 287 0.000847383 287 -100%
1895 283 0.000806222 5 278 -96%
1896 290 0.000811225 9 281 -94%
1897 252 0.000726315 252 -100%
1898 269 0.000705195 269 -100%
1899 266 0.00078412 5 261 -96%
1900 408 0.000906147 9 399 -96%
1901 239 0.000691127 239 -100%
1902 300 0.000775729 300 -100%
1903 257 0.000674187 257 -100%
1904 266 0.000659256 266 -100%
1905 242 0.00057086 6 236 -95%
1906 261 0.000609171 261 -100%
1907 286 0.000614538 5 281 -97%
1908 225 0.000460453 5 220 -96%
1909 267 0.000522276 8 259 -94%
1910 344 0.000582349 13 331 -92%
1911 253 0.000392688 8 245 -94%
1912 407 0.000411917 6 401 -97%
1913 482 0.000423882 9 473 -96%
1914 523 0.000369261 10 513 -96%
1915 688 0.000375459 20 668 -94%
1916 701 0.000362383 17 684 -95%
1917 789 0.000393173 15 774 -96%
1918 850 0.000391505 23 827 -95%
1919 864 0.000409431 16 848 -96%
1920 848 0.000374783 10 838 -98%
1921 893 0.000382522 14 879 -97%
1922 900 0.000393158 19 881 -96%
1923 882 0.000383065 15 867 -97%
1924 1008 0.000423243 16 992 -97%
1925 1137 0.000487292 13 1124 -98%
1926 1178 0.000513087 13 1165 -98%
1927 1313 0.000566105 20 1293 -97%
1928 1258 0.000556406 21 1237 -97%
1929 1311 0.00059804 21 1290 -97%
1930 1481 0.000666131 17 1464 -98%
1931 1535 0.000729428 15 1520 -98%
1932 1779 0.000842612 14 1765 -98%
1933 1888 0.000944261 13 1875 -99%
1934 2223 0.001070388 16 2207 -99%
1935 2259 0.001080913 15 2244 -99%
1936 2275 0.001095025 7 2268 -99%
1937 2355 0.001105286 8 2347 -99%
1938 2510 0.001134425 13 2497 -99%
1939 2652 0.001203571 16 2636 -99%
1940 2730 0.001185572 15 2715 -99%
1941 2851 0.001170157 8 2843 -99%
1942 3529 0.001291814 15 3514 -99%
1943 3695 0.001309096 13 3682 -99%
1944 3761 0.0013981 17 3744 -99%
1945 3636 0.00137057 12 3624 -99%
1946 4349 0.001361059 12 4337 -99%
1947 4653 0.001291667 13 4640 -99%
1948 3819 0.001106149 11 3808 -99%
1949 2731 0.000783695 6 2725 -100%
1950 1936 0.000552613 6 1930 -99%
1951 1602 0.000434884 7 1595 -99%
1952 1523 0.000401 1523 -100%
1953 1542 0.000400141 7 1535 -99%
1954 1603 0.000402692 10 1593 -99%
1955 1706 0.000424898 7 1699 -99%
1956 2193 0.000531889 5 2188 -100%
1957 3551 0.000845045 8 3543 -100%
1958 4934 0.001193545 12 4922 -100%
1959 5696 0.001369892 9 5687 -100%
1960 5557 0.001337806 8 5549 -100%
1961 5361 0.001294208 10 5351 -100%
1962 4722 0.001170152 10 4712 -100%
1963 4244 0.001072205 7 4237 -100%
1964 3655 0.000940168 10 3645 -99%
1965 2781 0.000767077 9 2772 -99%
1966 2202 0.00063355 5 2197 -100%
1967 1817 0.000535215 11 1806 -99%
1968 1509 0.000446659 7 1502 -99%
1969 1438 0.000413774 11 1427 -98%
1970 1259 0.000349091 1259 -100%
1971 942 0.000274447 8 934 -98%
1972 707 0.000224945 707 -100%
1973 590 0.000195566 5 585 -98%
1974 541 0.000177961 541 -100%
1975 441 0.000146056 441 -100%
1976 420 0.000138417 420 -100%
1977 408 0.000128443 408 -100%
1978 359 0.000113111 359 -100%
1979 369 0.000110911 369 -100%
1980 302 0.000087676 302 -100%
1981 320 0.000092502 320 -100%
1982 313 0.000089226 313 -100%
1983 279 0.000080558 279 -100%
1984 261 0.000074812 5 256 -96%
1985 207 0.000057998 207 -100%
1986 222 0.000062411 222 -100%
1987 241 0.00006684 241 -100%
1988 215 0.000058186 215 -100%
1989 193 0.000050202 193 -100%
1990 219 0.000055408 219 -100%
1991 184 0.000047237 184 -100%
1992 195 0.000050764 195 -100%
1993 167 0.000044294 167 -100%
1994 171 0.000045997 171 -100%
1995 158 0.000043144 158 -100%
1996 157 0.000043047 157 -100%
1997 129 0.000035579 129 -100%
1998 123 0.00003344 123 -100%
1999 104 0.000028155 104 -100%
2000 120 0.000031747 120 -100%
2001 105 0.000028049 105 -100%
2002 117 0.000031298 117 -100%
2003 101 0.000026563 101 -100%
2004 102 0.000026695 102 -100%
2005 92 0.000023928 92 -100%
2006 97 0.000024519 97 -100%
2007 79 0.000019761 79 -100%
2008 88 0.000022388 88 -100%
2009 61 0.000015968 61 -100%
2010 64 0.000017317 64 -100%
2011 61 0.000016677 61 -100%
2012 58 0.000015858 58 -100%
2013 60 0.000016458 60 -100%
2014 63 0.000016998 63 -100%
2015 42 0.000011349 42 -100%
2016 43 0.000011721 43 -100%
2017 37 0.000010346 37 -100%
2018 39 0.000011092 39 -100%
2019 39 0.000011236 39 -100%
2020 40 0.000011974 40 -100%
2021 37 0.000010921 37 -100%
2022 34 0.00001005 34 -100%
2023 26 0.000007852 26 -100%
2024 23 0.00000691 23 -100%

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