Jim

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jim: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jim: Recorded since 1947, it reached #121 in 1966, and it stood at #309 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
144times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#121highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#680
1997	#1010
1998	#924
1999	#1199
2000	#848
2001	#910
2002	#1033
2003	#1188
2004	#1077
2005	#1246
2006	#1127
2007	#2023
2008	#1343
2009	#1649
2010	#1620
2011	#1251
2012	#1852
2013	#2660
2014	#1630
2015	#2150
2016	#2175
2017	#2172
2018	#1991
2019	#1986
2020	#2076
2021	#1860
2022	#1781
2023	#2813
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 62 of the 71 years from 1947 to 2017.

In 2024: #327 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #727 among boys in Scotland, #5119 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1947–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #337 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2017
Highest recorded position: #121 among boys in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1947–2017).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #309 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jim appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1947, and has registered 1,643 births with the name.

Jim across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jim's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#337 (1947)	#121 (1966)	#453 (2017)	62 of 71	1,643 (1947–2017)	58 (1966)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#207 (1965)	#207 (1965)	#309 (2025)	44 of 61	327 (1965–2025)	19 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#680 (1996)	#680 (1996)	#5119 (2024)	29 of 29	387 (1996–2024)	23 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#307 (2005)	#307 (2005)	#416 (2018)	8 of 14	26 (2005–2018)	4 (2010)

Jim by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jim in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	12	2 of 10	6
1950s	154	9 of 10	17
1960s	365	10 of 10	37
1970sbusiest	436	10 of 10	44
1980s	356	10 of 10	36
1990s	235	10 of 10	24
2000s	74	9 of 10	8
2010s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 44 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jim appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1947 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #121 in Norway in 1966.

Jim's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1127	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1077	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#848	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#924	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#680	23	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#453	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#506	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#487	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#317	11	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#293	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#407	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#364	9	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#376	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#337	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#288	15	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#412	8	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#259	18	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#217	26	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#283	17	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#189	33	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#190	34	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#200	32	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#170	41	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#187	35	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#190	33	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#174	37	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#209	31	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#203	31	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#149	47	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#184	36	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#187	35	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#193	33	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#178	38	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#218	27	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#168	40	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#144	50	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#156	47	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#147	49	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#162	45	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#152	51	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#140	57	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#183	35	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#177	35	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#166	39	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#154	45	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#150	44	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#121	58	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#141	48	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#159	38	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#208	21	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#172	28	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#201	21	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#190	23	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#192	22	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#183	23	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#169	25	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#185	23	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#190	20	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#267	10	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#226	14	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#265	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#310	7	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#324	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	14	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#327	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	19	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#236	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1947 and 2025, ranked in 77 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #121, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 58 births, registered in Norway in 1966.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1965, and 77 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jill · #62, 71y
Jillian · #44, 63y
Jimi · #942, 29y
Jimmy · #216, 68y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Marina · #122, 73y
Ahmad · #118, 76y
Amina · #116, 72y
Freddy · #115, 78y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Arnold · #121, 64y
Hildur · #121, 27y
Idar · #121, 67y
Wilhelm · #121, 73y

Jim was ranked #121 in Norway · Boys in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jim and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jim without appearing here.

Jim moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #327 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #309 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #327 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #309 and #829.
Phillip Compare
In 2023 they stood at #572 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #327 and #785.

Moved ahead of Jim

Roger Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #2263.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Jim

Alexander Compare
Between 1950 and 2017 in Norway · Boys, Jim went from #310 to #453 while Alexander went from #322 to #36.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1950 and 2017 in Norway · Boys, Jim went from #310 to #453 while Benjamin went from #345 to #25.
Edward Compare
Between 1950 and 2017 in Norway · Boys, Jim went from #310 to #453 while Edward went from #324 to #194.
Isak Compare
Between 1950 and 2017 in Norway · Boys, Jim went from #310 to #453 while Isak went from #281 to #11.

Moved the same way as Jim

Dag Compare
Between 1947 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Jim went from #337 to #506 and Dag from #46 to #323.
Kjetil Compare
Between 1947 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Jim went from #337 to #506 and Kjetil from #234 to #424.
Stein Compare
Between 1947 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Jim went from #337 to #506 and Stein from #50 to #565.
Steinar Compare
Between 1947 and 2010 in Norway · Boys, Jim went from #337 to #506 and Steinar from #20 to #458.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1947 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #121 in Norway in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jim

Jim at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jim across 4 official records

Jim by decade in Norway · Boys

Jim appears in

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Jim at a glance

Jim across 4 official records

Jim by decade in Norway · Boys

Jim appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Jim and the names beside it

Jim moved ahead of

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