Jim · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jim.

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 75 recorded years as a table

Jim, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1888	28
1890	37
1891	32
1892	38
1893	28
1895	21
1896	38
1899	21
1900	30
1905	21
1907	16
1908	15
1909	23
1910	33
1911	19
1912	11
1913	14
1914	13
1915	20
1916	16
1917	14
1918	20
1919	14
1920	8
1921	11
1922	16
1923	12
1924	13
1925	11
1926	11
1927	17
1928	18
1929	19
1930	15
1931	14
1932	13
1933	13
1934	15
1935	14
1936	7
1937	8
1938	12
1939	15
1940	13
1941	7
1942	11
1943	9
1944	13
1945	9
1946	8
1947	7
1948	6
1949	4
1950	4
1951	4
1953	4
1954	5
1955	4
1956	2
1957	4
1958	6
1959	4
1960	4
1961	5
1962	5
1963	4
1964	5
1965	5
1966	3
1967	7
1968	4
1969	7
1971	5
1973	3
1984	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jim isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Jim

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1984: 5
Rank in 1984: #10,422
How rare: 1 in 336,763 girls
Since 1888: 816

Jim was last recorded in 1984. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1896, at 38 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jim doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.