Masculine dossier · first seen 1883

Jimmy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jimmy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.4% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

7,881

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1883Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

96.4%

2024

282

All-time

288,433

Jimmy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 7,881 boys were named Jimmy.

In 2024, only 282 boys were given the name.

Down 96.4% from its peak.

All told, about 288,433 Americans have been named Jimmy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1883.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.4% from peak

19477,881 boys named Jimmy

2024282 boys named Jimmy

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