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Jimmy
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1947 · #1200
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:282 in 2024 (#858)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Jimmy in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1947 with 57 babies, ranked #1200.
- It first shows up in the records in 1911.
- 2,218 girls have been named Jimmy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jimmy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 243 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 621 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 669 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 434 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 229 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 22 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Jim + -y. ==== Proper noun ==== Jimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies) A diminutive of the male given names James and Jim, also used as a formal given name; variant form Jimmie. 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, →ISBN, page 184: Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy. (Scotland, informal) A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.
- A diminutive of the male given names James and Jim, also used as a formal given name; variant form Jimmie.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/
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