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Jimmy

Jimmy means "Supplanter" and comes from Hebrew, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It has not kept pace since its 1940s peak. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. In total, about 288,085 American babies have carried this name since 1900.

HebrewDiminutive of James
HebrewSupplanter
Births by decade
1900s
302
1910s
1,385
1920s
7,539
1930s
35,744
1940s
63,874
1950s
55,219
1960s
47,711
1970s
27,374
1980s
19,713
1990s
14,166
2000s
10,470
2010s
4,588
Peaked in the 1940s · 288,085 total U.S. births since 1900