Jimmie
- Pronunciation
- [Ji-mmie]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Of Jacob Supplanter.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Jimmie
Jimmie is a variant form of Jimmy, itself a pet form of James — a name with deep roots in the Hebrew Ya'aqov (Jacob), meaning "supplanter" or "one who follows at the heel." James traveled through Greek Iakobos and Latin Jacobus into the English tradition, where it became one of the most persistently popular masculine names. Jimmie represents the outermost ring of that naming family: an informal, affectionate spelling of a nickname of a nickname, carrying maximum warmth and minimum formality.
Jimmie first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 1928 and peaked in 1934 at its best rank of #68, reflecting the particular appeal of informal diminutive forms in the Depression era when a friendly, approachable name felt like a small act of optimism. The name showed surprising longevity, last appearing in the top-1000 in 2001 at #992 with 154 births — over seven decades of continuous tracked presence. Total recorded top-1000 births reached 42,451.
Today Jimmie carries the sound of a specific American era: the 1930s and 1940s world of radio serials, baseball diamonds, and small-town diners. Its spelling distinguishes it visually from the more common Jimmy, giving it a slightly more distinctive identity on paper. Recorded variants span the broad family of related forms: Jaimie, Jamey, Jamie, Jaymie, Jimi, and Jimmy.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Jimmie
US Popularity History (1928–2001)
Annual US births named Jimmie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1934 with 2,837 boys named Jimmie (boy rank #68 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2001, ranked #992 for boys (154 US births). That's 924 places below its 1934 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaimie | Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name. | Female | Scottish |
| Jamey | Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name. | Female | Scottish |
| Jamie | Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name. | Female | Scottish |
| Jaymie | Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name. | Female | Scottish |
| Jimi | Modern Feminine Of Jimmy. | Female | English |
| Jimmy | Variant Of Jacob Supplanter. | Male | English |
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Jimmie against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).