Boy · English pet form
Jimmie
Say it: JIM-ee
Meaning
A pet form of James, a form of Jacob, Hebrew Ya'aqov, linked in Genesis to 'heel' and 'supplanter'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common in the US around 1900 to 1950.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1930s
In the United States
- 135,027 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1934, about 1 in 364 boys
- 72 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jimmy
Famous bearers
- Jimmie Rodgers, American country singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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