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Jim

As a boy's name, Jim traces back to Hebrew, where it is understood to mean "Supplanter". It has not kept pace since its 1940s peak. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. The name's best year yet was 1959.

HebrewDiminutive of James
HebrewSupplanter
Births by decade
1900s
2,751
1910s
5,901
1920s
10,727
1930s
20,958
1940s
35,750
1950s
26,281
1960s
33,289
1970s
6,037
1980s
2,552
1990s
1,603
2000s
961
2010s
427
Peaked in the 1940s · 147,237 total U.S. births since 1900