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Jimmy

Jimmy ranks #56 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 4 places, 25 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #189 among boy dog names.
Jimmy's popularity trend

Jimmy's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2014.

0.025%0.05%0.075%0.1%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
25
across 4 places
Popularity rank
#56
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−22
2014 → 2019
Gender split
92% male
8% female92% male

Gender split comes from 37 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Jimmy mean?
/ˈd͡ʒɪmi/2 syllables

Jimmy is a familiar nickname for James, an English name descended from the Hebrew Yaakov, meaning "supplanter," or by another reading, "may God protect."

Easygoing and familiar, it suits a companion with a friendly, unpretentious charm. It's the kind of name that feels like it's always belonged to them.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Jimmy shows up

Cats named Jimmy per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.08%
SeattleWA, US0.05%
DarwinNT, AU0.26%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.13%

Cat names like Jimmy

JimSammyTommyTimmyJimboEmmyTammyKimmy