Jim
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning supplanter; a form of James.
Jim by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Jim. In the US, 37 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 5,687 babies in 1959, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from James
Like Jim, each of these traces back to James: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jamisonson of James, supplanter749 in the US (2017)
- Jaimesupplanter; Spanish form of James665 in the US (2017)
- Jimmygod is gracious; a diminutive of James93 in England and Wales (2025)
- Seamusgod has heard; irish form of James210 in the US (2017)
- Tiagogod is gracious; portuguese form of James67 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jayciesupplanter; a form of James via Jamie or Jayme105 in the US (2017)
- Jimmiegod is gracious; a form of James78 in the US (2017)
- Jaymesupplanter; a form of James70 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jim. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a supplanter
Like Jim, each of these has a supplanter in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
- Jacobsupplanter, holder of the heel13,122 in the US (2017)
- Jamesonson of James; supplanter3,979 in the US (2017)
- Diegosupplanter; a form of James3,095 in the US (2017)
- Jaycehe supplants; a modern respelling of James2,951 in the US (2017)
- Jakesupplanter; a form of Jacob1,491 in the US (2017)