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Jimmy
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/
Rank in 2024
#858
Born in 2024
282
Peak year
1947 · #44
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 282 boys were named Jimmy, about 1 in every 6,083.
- It peaked in 1947 with 7,881 babies, ranked #44.
- It first shows up in the records in 1883.
- 288,433 boys 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.
- 0.4Greatest1901–27
- 3.5Silent1928–45
- 2.9Boomers1946–64
- 1.8Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 6,171 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Silent: 73,283 babies, 3.55 per 1,000. Boomers: 110,279 babies, 2.94 per 1,000. Gen X: 49,665 babies, 1.82 per 1,000. Millennials: 28,009 babies, 0.92 per 1,000. Gen Z: 15,906 babies, 0.51 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,931 babies, 0.23 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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