Jim
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from English Jim.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jim (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jim has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 33 |
| 1999 | 31 |
| 2000 | 19 |
| 2001 | 20 |
| 2002 | 21 |
| 2003 | 19 |
| 2004 | 22 |
| 2005 | 28 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,087 |
| 2000 | 4,095 |
| 2001 | 4,091 |
| 2002 | 4,085 |
| 2003 | 4,092 |
| 2004 | 4,101 |
| 2005 | 4,110 |
| 2006 | 4,110 |
| 2007 | 4,094 |
| 2008 | 4,102 |
| 2009 | 4,115 |
| 2010 | 4,102 |
| 2011 | 4,098 |
| 2012 | 4,103 |
| 2013 | 4,093 |
| 2014 | 4,087 |
| 2015 | 4,080 |
| 2016 | 4,069 |
| 2017 | 4,048 |
| 2018 | 4,038 |
| 2019 | 4,003 |
| 2020 | 3,986 |
Jim in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jim.Hi! My name is Jim.
- Jim ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Jim called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Jim i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jim this afternoon.
- Jims mamma är lärare.Jim's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jims mamma is Jim's mum.
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Questions about Jim
How do you pronounce Jim in Swedish?
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What does the name Jim mean?
Borrowed from English Jim.
How popular is Jim in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Jim in 2022. In 2020, 3,986 people in Sweden had Jim as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.