Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jimmy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jimmy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jimmy” 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 “Jimmy” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Jimmy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jimmy” 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
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 15 0.000044288 15 -100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 -100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 17 0.000044566 17 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 42 0.00009328 42 -100%
1901 18 0.000052051 18 -100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 -100%
1903 26 0.000068206 26 -100%
1904 28 0.000069395 28 -100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 -100%
1906 43 0.000100362 43 -100%
1907 29 0.000062313 29 -100%
1908 33 0.000067533 33 -100%
1909 40 0.000078244 40 -100%
1910 51 0.000086337 51 -100%
1911 50 0.000077606 5 45 -80%
1912 79 0.000079954 79 -100%
1913 105 0.000092339 11 94 -79%
1914 111 0.000078371 8 103 -86%
1915 147 0.000080222 11 136 -85%
1916 186 0.000096153 14 172 -85%
1917 185 0.000092189 8 177 -91%
1918 217 0.000099949 19 198 -82%
1919 254 0.000120365 15 239 -88%
1920 337 0.000148941 13 324 -92%
1921 367 0.000157207 6 361 -97%
1922 392 0.000171242 11 381 -94%
1923 453 0.000196744 14 439 -94%
1924 552 0.000231776 23 529 -92%
1925 739 0.000316719 31 708 -92%
1926 910 0.000396358 28 882 -94%
1927 1019 0.000439346 26 993 -95%
1928 1257 0.000555964 31 1226 -95%
1929 1513 0.000690187 24 1489 -97%
1930 1830 0.000823105 30 1800 -97%
1931 2155 0.001024051 30 2125 -97%
1932 2513 0.001190267 52 2461 -96%
1933 2967 0.00148391 35 2932 -98%
1934 3738 0.001799871 42 3696 -98%
1935 4207 0.002013015 35 4172 -98%
1936 4245 0.002043245 32 4213 -98%
1937 4555 0.002137825 38 4517 -98%
1938 4763 0.002152696 33 4730 -99%
1939 4778 0.002168426 26 4752 -99%
1940 4993 0.002168338 31 4962 -99%
1941 5368 0.002203228 31 5337 -99%
1942 5980 0.002189019 32 5948 -99%
1943 6483 0.002296852 39 6444 -99%
1944 6363 0.002365358 43 6320 -99%
1945 6196 0.002335548 37 6159 -99%
1946 7158 0.00224016 30 7128 -99%
1947 7938 0.002203579 57 7881 -99%
1948 6958 0.002015341 32 6926 -99%
1949 6451 0.001851195 34 6417 -99%
1950 5796 0.001654413 35 5761 -99%
1951 5719 0.001552499 32 5687 -99%
1952 5344 0.001407054 33 5311 -99%
1953 5341 0.001385961 31 5310 -99%
1954 5354 0.001344987 28 5326 -99%
1955 5076 0.001264234 39 5037 -98%
1956 5381 0.001305106 35 5346 -99%
1957 5710 0.00135883 41 5669 -99%
1958 5647 0.001366021 32 5615 -99%
1959 5868 0.001411258 39 5829 -99%
1960 5850 0.001408344 32 5818 -99%
1961 5785 0.001396567 37 5748 -99%
1962 5561 0.001378064 42 5519 -98%
1963 5066 0.001279875 26 5040 -99%
1964 4945 0.001271991 34 4911 -99%
1965 4556 0.001256672 24 4532 -99%
1966 4259 0.001225381 22 4237 -99%
1967 4062 0.001196502 41 4021 -98%
1968 3845 0.001138108 33 3812 -98%
1969 3788 0.001089971 31 3757 -98%
1970 3694 0.001024258 35 3659 -98%
1971 3349 0.000975715 34 3315 -98%
1972 2957 0.000940823 24 2933 -98%
1973 2757 0.000913856 22 2735 -98%
1974 2595 0.000853619 26 2569 -98%
1975 2379 0.000787906 22 2357 -98%
1976 2527 0.000832812 31 2496 -98%
1977 2659 0.000837086 23 2636 -98%
1978 2193 0.000690955 25 2168 -98%
1979 2259 0.00067899 26 2233 -98%
1980 2220 0.000644505 15 2205 -99%
1981 2117 0.00061196 21 2096 -98%
1982 2108 0.000600919 18 2090 -98%
1983 2109 0.00060895 20 2089 -98%
1984 2091 0.000599354 22 2069 -98%
1985 1887 0.000528703 20 1867 -98%
1986 1844 0.000518403 24 1820 -97%
1987 1826 0.000506432 16 1810 -98%
1988 1749 0.000473337 18 1731 -98%
1989 1760 0.000457803 15 1745 -98%
1990 1805 0.000456676 17 1788 -98%
1991 1738 0.000446183 6 1732 -99%
1992 1563 0.000406896 8 1555 -99%
1993 1537 0.000407662 9 1528 -99%
1994 1383 0.000372009 10 1373 -99%
1995 1355 0.000370001 1355 -100%
1996 1366 0.000374534 5 1361 -99%
1997 1233 0.000340068 5 1228 -99%
1998 1095 0.000297699 7 1088 -99%
1999 1097 0.000296979 1097 -100%
2000 1194 0.000315881 5 1189 -99%
2001 1106 0.000295454 1106 -100%
2002 1175 0.000314315 5 1170 -99%
2003 1126 0.000296135 1126 -100%
2004 1134 0.000296787 1134 -100%
2005 1086 0.000282456 1086 -100%
2006 988 0.000249735 988 -100%
2007 961 0.000240389 961 -100%
2008 882 0.00022439 882 -100%
2009 824 0.000215697 824 -100%
2010 771 0.000208619 771 -100%
2011 667 0.00018235 667 -100%
2012 589 0.000161045 589 -100%
2013 574 0.000157447 574 -100%
2014 536 0.000144616 536 -100%
2015 488 0.000131859 488 -100%
2016 517 0.000140922 517 -100%
2017 460 0.000128628 460 -100%
2018 392 0.000111494 392 -100%
2019 385 0.000110921 385 -100%
2020 340 0.000101779 340 -100%
2021 334 0.000098585 334 -100%
2022 325 0.000096065 325 -100%
2023 298 0.000089998 298 -100%
2024 282 0.000084723 282 -100%

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