Jim is a boy's name of English origin meaning “'Jim' is roasting the meat.” In 2024 it was given to 23 boys in the United States.
Jim belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “'Jim' is roasting the meat” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jim first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #45 in 1882, and in 2024 23 babies received the name — 153,083 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jim means “'Jim' is roasting the meat” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jim is a boy name. In 2024, 23 babies received the name in the US.
Jim comes from the English & American tradition.
Jim first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #45 in 1882, and 23 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jim is pronounced /d͡ʒɪm/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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