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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.

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Boys rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #680 to #5119.200020052010201520202025#680#5119
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
YearRank
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
2025#2133

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 2025: #309 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2133 among boys in England and Wales.

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

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1947–2017

    Highest recorded position: #121 among boys in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1947–2017).

    Norway · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #2133 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesmale#213311HighVerified
2024England and Walesmale#51193HighVerified
2023England and Walesmale#28137HighVerified
2022England and Walesmale#178113HighVerified
2021England and Walesmale#186012HighVerified
2020England and Walesmale#207610HighVerified
2019England and Walesmale#198611HighVerified
2018England and Walesmale#199111HighVerified
2017England and Walesmale#217210HighVerified
2016England and Walesmale#217510HighVerified
2015England and Walesmale#215010HighVerified
2014England and Walesmale#163014HighVerified
2013England and Walesmale#26607HighVerified
2012England and Walesmale#185212HighVerified
2011England and Walesmale#125120HighVerified
2010England and Walesmale#162014HighVerified
2009England and Walesmale#164913HighVerified
2008England and Walesmale#134317HighVerified
2007England and Walesmale#20239HighVerified
2006England and Walesmale#112719HighVerified
2005England and Walesmale#124616HighVerified
2004England and Walesmale#107718HighVerified
2003England and Walesmale#118814HighVerified
2002England and Walesmale#103316HighVerified
2001England and Walesmale#91018HighVerified
2000England and Walesmale#84819HighVerified
1999England and Walesmale#119911HighVerified
1998England and Walesmale#92416HighVerified
1997England and Walesmale#101014HighVerified
1996England and Walesmale#68023HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandmale#4163HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandmale#3634HighVerified
2016Northern Irelandmale#4213HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandmale#3983HighVerified
2012Northern Irelandmale#4033HighVerified
2010Northern Irelandmale#3394HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandmale#3573HighVerified
2005Northern Irelandmale#3073HighVerified
2017Norwaymale#4536HighVerified
2010Norwaymale#5065HighVerified
2009Norwaymale#4876HighVerified
2007Norwaymale#4218HighVerified
2006Norwaymale#5494HighVerified
2005Norwaymale#4297HighVerified
2004Norwaymale#31711HighVerified
2003Norwaymale#29313HighVerified
2002Norwaymale#4077HighVerified
2001Norwaymale#3649HighVerified
2000Norwaymale#3769HighVerified
1999Norwaymale#33711HighVerified
1998Norwaymale#28815HighVerified
1997Norwaymale#4128HighVerified
1996Norwaymale#25918HighVerified
1995Norwaymale#21726HighVerified
1994Norwaymale#28317HighVerified
1993Norwaymale#18933HighVerified
1992Norwaymale#19034HighVerified
1991Norwaymale#20032HighVerified
1990Norwaymale#17041HighVerified
1989Norwaymale#18735HighVerified
1988Norwaymale#19033HighVerified
1987Norwaymale#17437HighVerified
1986Norwaymale#20931HighVerified
1985Norwaymale#20331HighVerified
1984Norwaymale#14947HighVerified
1983Norwaymale#18436HighVerified
1982Norwaymale#18735HighVerified
1981Norwaymale#19333HighVerified
1980Norwaymale#17838HighVerified
1979Norwaymale#21827HighVerified
1978Norwaymale#16840HighVerified
1977Norwaymale#14450HighVerified
1976Norwaymale#15647HighVerified
1975Norwaymale#14749HighVerified
1974Norwaymale#16245HighVerified
1973Norwaymale#15251HighVerified
1972Norwaymale#14057HighVerified
1971Norwaymale#18335HighVerified
1970Norwaymale#17735HighVerified
1969Norwaymale#16639HighVerified
1968Norwaymale#15445HighVerified
1967Norwaymale#15044HighVerified
1966Norwaymale#12158HighVerified
1965Norwaymale#14148HighVerified
1964Norwaymale#15938HighVerified
1963Norwaymale#20821HighVerified
1962Norwaymale#17228HighVerified
1961Norwaymale#20121HighVerified
1960Norwaymale#19023HighVerified
1959Norwaymale#19222HighVerified
1958Norwaymale#18323HighVerified
1957Norwaymale#16925HighVerified
1956Norwaymale#18523HighVerified
1955Norwaymale#19020HighVerified
1954Norwaymale#26710HighVerified
1953Norwaymale#22614HighVerified
1952Norwaymale#26510HighVerified
1950Norwaymale#3107HighVerified
1949Norwaymale#3246HighVerified
1947Norwaymale#3376HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandmale#30914HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandmale#32712HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandmale#5845HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandmale#25119HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandmale#36410HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandmale#4597HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandmale#32213HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandmale#5725HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandmale#33612HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandmale#4487HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandmale#37610HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandmale#38210HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandmale#31713HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandmale#32413HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandmale#34212HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandmale#4487HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandmale#32212HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandmale#36810HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandmale#3429HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandmale#3348HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandmale#26810HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandmale#2998HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandmale#2928HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandmale#3934HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandmale#4093HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandmale#2368HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandmale#2666HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandmale#3693HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandmale#2518HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandmale#3364HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandmale#2994HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandmale#2755HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandmale#2984HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandmale#2635HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandmale#2326HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandmale#2834HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandmale#2694HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandmale#3223HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandmale#2884HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandmale#3243HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandmale#2834HighVerified
1976Republic of Irelandmale#3163HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandmale#3053HighVerified
1965Republic of Irelandmale#2075HighVerified
2024Scotlandmale#7273HighVerified

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

Where Jim is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Jim, between 1947 and 2025, in 77 of those 79 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1947Norway: recorded in 1949Norway: recorded in 1950Norway: recorded in 1952Norway: recorded in 1953Norway: recorded in 1954Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1958Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1960Norway: recorded in 1961Norway: recorded in 1962Norway: recorded in 1963Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1965Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1969Norway: recorded in 1970Norway: recorded in 1971Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1973Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1979Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: highest position in 1966Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1965Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1970Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1976Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1979Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 1965England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 1996Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 2005Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2010Northern Ireland: recorded in 2012Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: recorded in 2016Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: highest position in 2005ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419472025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1947–201762#121 in 1966
Republic of Ireland1965–202544#207 in 1965
England and Wales1996–202530#680 in 1996
Northern Ireland2005–20188#307 in 2005
Scotland20241#727 in 2024

Its high point came 59 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1965) than in Scotland (2024).

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What is known about Jim

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
5 official registrars, 1947–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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.