Jimbo

Boys' name

Supplanter, heel-grabber, through James

Jimbo has been given to 23 babies in the U.S. since 1961. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1961, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Jimbo, 1964

1 in 648,000

Jimbo over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jimbo: meaning, origin, and history

Supplanter, heel-grabber, through James

English

What Jimbo means

Jimbo belongs to the name family reached through Jimbo → James → James → Iacomus. Its meaning is “supplanter, heel-grabber”.

Origin, language, and formation

Jimbo is used in English and Cebuano. Its origins include English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include James and Iacomus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Jimbo is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪmboʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 23 boys were recorded with the name Jimbo between 1961 and 1964. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1961; its best national rank was #2,794 in 1961.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jimbo?

Jimbo had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1964, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1964: 1 in 648,000; 6 of 3,887,460 births
Among boys only: 1 in 332,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1964: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 449,098 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jimbo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1964 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 449,098 children born in 1964 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jimbo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jimbos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jimbo was born before 1963 — so the typical Jimbo is around 62 today.

Median birth year: 1963; About 62 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 23; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Jimbo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1961 (10)
Years since peak: 64; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,794; 1961

Spellings of Jimbo

Jimbo is not the most common spelling — Jimmy is, with 65.0% against Jimbo's <0.01%.

Jimmy65.0%288,737
Jim34.5%153,122
Jimi0.28%1,241
Kimo0.19%859
Jimbo<0.01%23

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jimbo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,794; 1961
Peak year: 1961; 10 that year
First recorded: 1961
Last recorded: 1964
All-time count: 23
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jimbo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jimar Jimin Jimme Jimal Jimmi Jimmye Jimm Jimmel Jimon Jimson Jimel Jimey Jimir Jimere Jimmer Jimari Sambo Jimena Jimenez Rambo Jimbob Jimell Jimie Jimarion

Sibling names for Jimbo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Carleen Mimi Danita Lorri Donita Venita Gaye Liz

For a brother

Mitch Art Toney Lenny Lindsay Tod Ward Rod

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