Jim is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Jim is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,159 for boy births in the United States (and #6,779 across all names), given to 38 babies. Jim first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1959 (5,688 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,159 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,494 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,060 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,437 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,212 |
| 2020 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,952 |
| 2019 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,076 |
| 2018 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,022 |
| 2017 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,158 |
| 2016 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,811 |
| 2015 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,831 |
| 2014 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,164 |
| 2013 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,188 |
| 2012 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,250 |
| 2011 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,157 |
| 2010 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,106 |
| 2009 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,193 |
| 2008 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,727 |
| 2007 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,837 |
| 2006 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,542 |
| 2005 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,540 |
| 2004 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,400 |
| 2003 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,351 |
| 2002 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,197 |
| 2001 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,271 |
| 2000 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,157 |
| 1999 | 104 | 110 | — | #1,219 |
| 1998 | 123 | 131 | — | #1,069 |
| 1997 | 129 | — | — | #998 |
| 1996 | 157 | — | — | #875 |
| 1995 | 158 | — | — | #861 |
| 1994 | 171 | — | — | #808 |
| 1993 | 167 | — | — | #820 |
| 1992 | 195 | — | — | #741 |
| 1991 | 184 | — | — | #753 |
| 1990 | 219 | — | — | #685 |
| 1989 | 193 | — | — | #709 |
| 1988 | 215 | — | — | #646 |
| 1987 | 241 | — | — | #583 |
| 1986 | 222 | — | — | #598 |
| 1985 | 207 | — | — | #608 |
| 1984 | 261 | — | #11,104 | #541 |
| 1983 | 279 | — | — | #502 |
| 1982 | 313 | — | — | #483 |
| 1981 | 319 | — | — | #466 |
| 1980 | 302 | — | — | #486 |
| 1979 | 369 | — | — | #415 |
| 1978 | 359 | — | — | #410 |
| 1977 | 408 | — | — | #391 |
| 1976 | 420 | — | — | #373 |
| 1975 | 439 | — | — | #372 |
| 1974 | 541 | — | — | #326 |
| 1973 | 590 | — | #8,948 | #302 |
| 1972 | 707 | — | — | #275 |
| 1971 | 942 | — | #6,250 | #246 |
| 1970 | 1,259 | — | — | #204 |
| 1969 | 1,438 | — | #4,551 | #190 |
| 1968 | 1,509 | — | #5,874 | #177 |
| 1967 | 1,817 | — | #4,153 | #151 |
| 1966 | 2,202 | — | #6,998 | #136 |
| 1965 | 2,781 | — | #4,634 | #116 |
| 1964 | 3,654 | — | #4,473 | #101 |
| 1963 | 4,244 | — | #5,565 | #92 |
| 1962 | 4,725 | — | #4,383 | #85 |
| 1961 | 5,362 | — | #4,367 | #78 |
| 1960 | 5,557 | — | #4,940 | #75 |
| 1959 | 5,697 | — | #4,442 | #70 |
| 1958 | 4,933 | — | #3,628 | #87 |
| 1957 | 3,551 | — | #4,693 | #106 |
| 1956 | 2,193 | — | #6,361 | #148 |
| 1955 | 1,706 | — | #4,932 | #167 |
| 1954 | 1,603 | — | #3,834 | #174 |
| 1953 | 1,542 | — | #4,788 | #173 |
| 1952 | 1,523 | — | — | #172 |
| 1951 | 1,602 | — | #4,578 | #164 |
| 1950 | 1,936 | — | #4,987 | #139 |
| 1949 | 2,731 | — | #4,935 | #108 |
| 1948 | 3,819 | — | #3,237 | #86 |
| 1947 | 4,653 | — | #2,969 | #77 |
| 1946 | 4,348 | — | #2,954 | #73 |
| 1945 | 3,637 | — | #2,666 | #68 |
| 1944 | 3,761 | — | #2,147 | #68 |
| 1943 | 3,695 | — | #2,630 | #75 |
| 1942 | 3,529 | — | #2,351 | #74 |
| 1941 | 2,851 | — | #3,390 | #80 |
| 1940 | 2,730 | — | #2,154 | #78 |
| 1939 | 2,652 | — | #2,075 | #75 |
| 1938 | 2,510 | — | #2,384 | #81 |
| 1937 | 2,355 | — | #3,289 | #82 |
| 1936 | 2,275 | — | #3,536 | #85 |
| 1935 | 2,259 | — | #2,151 | #90 |
| 1934 | 2,223 | — | #2,037 | #90 |
| 1933 | 1,888 | — | #2,327 | #98 |
| 1932 | 1,779 | — | #2,303 | #104 |
| 1931 | 1,535 | — | #2,153 | #116 |
| 1930 | 1,481 | — | #2,064 | #125 |
| 1929 | 1,311 | — | #1,787 | #132 |
| 1928 | 1,258 | — | #1,864 | #137 |
| 1927 | 1,313 | — | #1,980 | #136 |
| 1926 | 1,178 | — | #2,630 | #143 |
| 1925 | 1,137 | — | #2,692 | #147 |
| 1924 | 1,008 | — | #2,365 | #160 |
| 1923 | 882 | — | #2,407 | #167 |
| 1922 | 900 | — | #2,060 | #169 |
| 1921 | 893 | — | #2,561 | #165 |
| 1920 | 848 | — | #3,222 | #165 |
| 1919 | 864 | — | #2,194 | #158 |
| 1918 | 850 | — | #1,724 | #165 |
| 1917 | 789 | — | #2,256 | #163 |
| 1916 | 701 | — | #1,990 | #177 |
| 1915 | 688 | — | #1,704 | #170 |
| 1914 | 523 | — | #2,342 | #174 |
| 1913 | 482 | — | #2,234 | #154 |
| 1912 | 407 | — | #2,794 | #149 |
| 1911 | 253 | — | #1,865 | #134 |
| 1910 | 344 | — | #1,295 | #100 |
| 1909 | 267 | — | #1,673 | #105 |
| 1908 | 225 | — | #2,266 | #117 |
| 1907 | 286 | — | #2,210 | #90 |
| 1906 | 261 | — | — | #90 |
| 1905 | 242 | — | #1,804 | #95 |
| 1904 | 266 | — | — | #85 |
| 1903 | 257 | — | — | #84 |
| 1902 | 300 | — | — | #77 |
| 1901 | 239 | — | — | #81 |
| 1900 | 408 | — | #1,367 | #68 |
| 1899 | 266 | — | #1,722 | #71 |
| 1898 | 269 | — | — | #77 |
| 1897 | 252 | — | — | #75 |
| 1896 | 290 | — | #1,169 | #71 |
| 1895 | 283 | — | #1,710 | #71 |
| 1894 | 287 | — | — | #70 |
| 1893 | 261 | — | #1,351 | #74 |
| 1892 | 342 | — | #1,126 | #64 |
| 1891 | 294 | — | #1,268 | #63 |
| 1890 | 343 | — | #1,144 | #62 |
| 1889 | 328 | — | — | #58 |
| 1888 | 367 | — | #1,377 | #56 |
| 1887 | 339 | — | — | #50 |
| 1886 | 389 | — | — | #49 |
| 1885 | 370 | — | — | #46 |
| 1884 | 346 | — | — | #55 |
| 1883 | 322 | — | — | #52 |
| 1882 | 396 | — | — | #45 |
| 1881 | 323 | — | — | #47 |
| 1880 | 345 | — | — | #49 |