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Jimmie

Jimmie is a boy's name meaning "Interpreted as one who follows". It was at its most popular in the 1930s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. The registry counts around 133,270 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.

HebrewDiminutive of James, Hebrew "supplanter"
EtymologyInterpreted as "one who follows"
Births by decade
1900s
2,348
1910s
8,176
1920s
19,130
1930s
31,270
1940s
28,745
1950s
17,621
1960s
11,167
1970s
6,526
1980s
3,863
1990s
2,426
2000s
1,302
2010s
696
Peaked in the 1930s · 133,270 total U.S. births since 1900