| 100% | ACOSTA | 6 | Jim ___, newscaster who left CNN in 2025 |
| 37% | ZAYN | 4 | Singer Malik who left One Direction in 2015 |
| 37% | LENO | 4 | Jay who left "The Tonight Show" in 2014 |
| 37% | ALANMOORE | 9 | Writer who left DC in 1989 |
| 37% | JOJO | 4 | Who left his home in Tucson, Arizona, in a Beatles tune |
| 36% | EMIGRANT | 8 | Person who leaves his country to live in another |
| 36% | NOAH | 4 | Comedian/host Trevor who left "The Daily Show" in 2022 |
| 36% | CARLSON | 7 | Newscaster Gretchen whom Nicole Kidman portrayed in "Bombshell" |
| 35% | AMY | 3 | Actress Carlson who left the cast of "Blue Bloods" in 2017 |
| 34% | ELVIS | 5 | Who "has left the building," in a famous concert announcement |
| 34% | CARREY | 6 | Jim, actor who wore a green mask in The Mask |
| 34% | SCOTT | 5 | Actor Andrew, who portrayed Jim Moriarty in "Sherlock" |
| 34% | VAL | 3 | Kilmer who played Jim Morrison in "The Doors" |
| 34% | KRASINSKI | 9 | John who played Jim Halpert in The Office |
| 34% | VIOLA | 5 | Davis who starred in the 2025 film "G20" |
| 34% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest |
| 34% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist who left Italy in 1938 to protect his Jewish wife |
| 34% | ABBOTT | 6 | Jim ___, one-handed Yankee who pitched a no-hitter in 1993 |
| 34% | KATIE | 5 | TV newscaster Couric who guest-hosted "Jeopardy!" in 2021 |
| 34% | AXELROD | 7 | Political figure who became a CNN commentator in 2015 |
| 34% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Krasinski, the actor who plays Jim in "The Office" |
| 34% | ROOT | 4 | Actor Stephen who plays Jim Hudson in "Get Out" |
| 34% | VAL | 3 | Actor Kilmer who played Jim Morrison in "The Doors" |
| 34% | TOM | 3 | Actor Hollander who plays Jim Beach in "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 33% | EVE | 3 | Woman who often wears fig leaves in religious art |
| 33% | CROCE | 5 | Jim who sang "Time in a Bottle" |
| 33% | STAY | 4 | "Those Who Leave and Those Who ___" (third novel in Elena Ferrante's "Neapolitan" series) |
| 33% | STAY | 4 | "Those Who Leave and Those Who ___" (third novel in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series) |
| 33% | CHRIS | 5 | Pine who portrayed Jim Kirk in the "Star Trek" reboot |
| 33% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who portrayed Jim Morrison in "The Doors": 2 wds. |