as a First Name
Short form of James, already recorded as early as the Middle Ages and now also used independently. Well-known bearers of the name have included the Scottish racing driver Jim Clark (1936–68), the British comedian Jim Davidson (b. 1953), and the Canadian actor Jim Carrey (b. 1962).
| 249th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 216,852
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Montana
- has the most people named Jim per capita
- 1944
- marked the height of its popularity
0.00%
100.00%
53%
55+
55+
45%
30-54
30-54
2%
13-29
13-29
0.84%
0-12
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