Name Legacy

Jimi

Recorded 1944–2024 · United States

Jimi was most popular in 1971, when 66 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,429 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,908 people named Jimi.

Most popular in1971
Rank that year#2,429
Births that year66
Total since 18801,908
Given to65% boys

Jimi over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Jimi’s peak in 1971. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jimi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jimi is a unisex name — 35.0% of the 1,908 Americans given it were girls and 65.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 25% girls and 75% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Where Jimi is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org