Tim

Where Tim comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tim.

  • 1 syllable
Tim through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys, with 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1955
    Tim Berners-Lee born
    English computer scientist
  3. 1960
    Tim Cook born
    American business executive, former Apple executive chairman
  4. 1960
    Peak, #60
    6,931 babies named Tim, the most in any year.
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #103.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Timothy and Timon (rare).
Namesakes
  • Tim Berners-Lee · English computer scientist, born 1955
  • Tim Cook · American business executive, former Apple executive chairman, born 1960
  • Tim Walz · American politician, born 1964
  • Tim Curry · British actor, 1946–2026
  • Tim Allen · American actor and comedian, born 1953

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.