Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Jimmy
/JIM · ee/
Meaning
“Supplanter”
English diminutive of James, from Hebrew Ya'akov meaning 'supplanter'; used as a standalone given name widely in the US and UK through the mid-20th century.
Nicknames
jim
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Peaked in the 1940s-60s US and UK - currently reads as retro without quite reaching charming.
The cultural moment.
Very common in the US and UK from the 1930s-1960s; rare for newborns today.