girls:
662 births since 1944
#5054 (12th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1953
#3375 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1944
#5865 (24th percentile)
The name Jimi is the #5,865 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,896 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 24.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,375 (26.4% percentile) for all time with 1,234 births since 1953. For girls, it ranks #5,054 (11.6% percentile) for all time with 662 births since 1944.
Jimi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 (1944 for girls and 1953 for boys). Birth data for Jimi is available in 76 out of the 80 years between 1944 and 2023 (65 years for boys and 63 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jimi has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Jimi were boys. Interestingly, until around 1959, the name was more popular for girls (64.0% girls from 1944 to 1958), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (67.8% boys from 1959 to 2023).
For boys, Jimi reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #626) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 25 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). Despite a low point around 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Jimi ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 21.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jimi reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #754) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jimi".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jimi", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 9 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Jimmy" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Jimmy..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jimi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.7% confident that Jimi is pronounced as JIH-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HEE-mee, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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