Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jim

#230 most common boys' name of all time · #496 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#230
Rank overall
#496 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
153,938
Since 2016
357
Peak year
1959 #70
Best rank
#45 1882
Girls Boys peak 5,697/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Jim is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 38 38 #3,128
2024 — 23 23 #4,434
2023 — 27 27 #4,002
2022 — 34 34 #3,413
2021 — 37 37 #3,180
2020 — 40 40 #2,925
2019 — 39 39 #3,052
2018 — 39 39 #2,994
2017 — 37 37 #3,124
2016 — 43 43 #2,783
2015 — 42 42 #2,809
2014 — 63 63 #2,154
2013 — 60 60 #2,182
2012 — 58 58 #2,238
2011 — 61 61 #2,145
2010 — 64 64 #2,100
2009 — 61 61 #2,183
2008 — 88 88 #1,719
2007 — 79 79 #1,830
2006 — 97 97 #1,536
2005 — 92 92 #1,535
2004 — 102 102 #1,395
2003 — 101 101 #1,350
2002 — 117 117 #1,192
2001 — 105 105 #1,265
2000 — 120 120 #1,152
1999 — 104 104 #1,215
1998 — 123 123 #1,069
1997 — 129 129 #997
1996 — 157 157 #874
1995 — 158 158 #861
1994 — 171 171 #807
1993 — 167 167 #817
1992 — 195 195 #740
1991 — 184 184 #751
1990 — 219 219 #685
1989 — 193 193 #708
1988 — 215 215 #644
1987 — 241 241 #583
1986 — 222 222 #597
1985 — 207 207 #607
1984 5 256 261 #540
1983 — 279 279 #502
1982 — 313 313 #482
1981 — 319 319 #466
1980 — 302 302 #486
1979 — 369 369 #414
1978 — 359 359 #410
1977 — 408 408 #390
1976 — 420 420 #373
1975 — 439 439 #372
1974 — 541 541 #325
1973 5 585 590 #302
1972 — 707 707 #275
1971 8 934 942 #246
1970 — 1,259 1,259 #204
1969 11 1,427 1,438 #190
1968 7 1,502 1,509 #177
1967 11 1,806 1,817 #151
1966 5 2,197 2,202 #136
1965 9 2,772 2,781 #117
1964 10 3,644 3,654 #101
1963 7 4,237 4,244 #92
1962 10 4,715 4,725 #85
1961 10 5,352 5,362 #78
1960 8 5,549 5,557 #75
1959 9 5,688 5,697 #70
1958 12 4,921 4,933 #87
1957 8 3,543 3,551 #106
1956 5 2,188 2,193 #148
1955 7 1,699 1,706 #167
1954 10 1,593 1,603 #174
1953 7 1,535 1,542 #172
1952 — 1,523 1,523 #172
1951 7 1,595 1,602 #164
1950 6 1,930 1,936 #139
1949 6 2,725 2,731 #108
1948 11 3,808 3,819 #86
1947 13 4,640 4,653 #77
1946 12 4,336 4,348 #73
1945 12 3,625 3,637 #68
1944 17 3,744 3,761 #68
1943 13 3,682 3,695 #75
1942 15 3,514 3,529 #74
1941 8 2,843 2,851 #80
1940 15 2,715 2,730 #78
1939 16 2,636 2,652 #75
1938 13 2,497 2,510 #81
1937 8 2,347 2,355 #82
1936 7 2,268 2,275 #85
1935 15 2,244 2,259 #90
1934 16 2,207 2,223 #90
1933 13 1,875 1,888 #98
1932 14 1,765 1,779 #104
1931 15 1,520 1,535 #116
1930 17 1,464 1,481 #125
1929 21 1,290 1,311 #132
1928 21 1,237 1,258 #137
1927 20 1,293 1,313 #136
1926 13 1,165 1,178 #143
1925 13 1,124 1,137 #147
1924 16 992 1,008 #160
1923 15 867 882 #167
1922 19 881 900 #169
1921 14 879 893 #165
1920 10 838 848 #165
1919 16 848 864 #157
1918 23 827 850 #165
1917 15 774 789 #163
1916 17 684 701 #177
1915 20 668 688 #170
1914 10 513 523 #174
1913 9 473 482 #154
1912 6 401 407 #149
1911 8 245 253 #134
1910 13 331 344 #100
1909 8 259 267 #105
1908 5 220 225 #117
1907 5 281 286 #90
1906 — 261 261 #90
1905 6 236 242 #95
1904 — 266 266 #85
1903 — 257 257 #83
1902 — 300 300 #77
1901 — 239 239 #81
1900 9 399 408 #68
1899 5 261 266 #71
1898 — 269 269 #77
1897 — 252 252 #75
1896 9 281 290 #71
1895 5 278 283 #71
1894 — 287 287 #70
1893 6 255 261 #74
1892 8 334 342 #64
1891 6 288 294 #63
1890 7 336 343 #62
1889 — 328 328 #58
1888 5 362 367 #56
1887 — 339 339 #50
1886 — 389 389 #49
1885 — 370 370 #47
1884 — 346 346 #55
1883 — 322 322 #52
1882 — 396 396 #45
1881 — 323 323 #47
1880 — 345 345 #49