Tim

Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284 · #3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1960 · 6,931 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
83,358
since 1880

Tim over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #60, 1960boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,18137
2024—#2,50254
2023—#3,22837
2022—#3,53332
2021—#2,91842
2020—#3,41832
2019—#2,36457
2018—#2,32557
2017—#2,41753
2016—#2,06668
2015—#2,21261
2014—#1,92075
2013—#2,42451
2012—#2,86941
2011—#2,54748
2010—#2,06965
2009—#2,01069
2008—#2,00170
2007—#1,86177
2006—#1,76978
2005—#1,61984
2004—#1,98960
2003—#1,47888
2002—#1,55779
2001—#1,50281
2000—#1,38291
1999—#1,51774
1998—#1,68061
1997—#1,70657
1996—#1,59961
1995—#1,73651
1994—#1,40969
1993—#1,46064
1992—#1,28178
1991—#1,36868
1990—#1,25977
1989—#1,06496
1988—#1,02392
1987—#1,04783
1986—#1,07575
1985—#901101
1984—#784122
1983—#89596
1982—#747139
1981—#679162
1980—#675165
1979—#702148
1978—#523246
1977—#520254
1976#9,2845#459291
1975#9,0675#436327
1974—#382410
1973—#328523
1972#8,2925#265733
1971#5,5439#2261,049
1970#3,71216#1991,324
1969#5,0579#1811,544
1968#5,1478#1392,073
1967#5,4577#1162,624
1966#4,8668#1033,141
1965#3,40214#973,718
1964#4,09611#824,695
1963#6,5925#795,016
1962#4,26310#725,585
1961#3,60813#656,245
1960#3,51213#606,931
1959#3,43613#606,826
1958#4,5208#745,540
1957#3,48912#1193,251
1956—#1741,717
1955—#2121,144
1954#5,7535#244815
1953—#254744
1952—#260696
1951—#250715
1950#5,3015#241754
1949#4,2357#2011,007
1948—#1711,296
1947—#1701,330
1946—#1711,134
1945—#192779
1944—#228605
1943—#232618
1942—#263512
1941—#296388
1940—#307333
1939—#358245
1938—#337270
1937—#441162
1936—#488134
1935—#498131
1934—#552114
1933—#572101
1932—#65187
1931—#71772
1930—#83261
1929—#72974
1928—#96350
1927—#84064
1926—#82165
1925—#85860
1924—#87262
1923—#84165
1922—#1,01049
1921—#95354
1920—#84664
1919—#87757
1918—#79667
1917—#91948
1916—#83456
1915—#99640
1914—#68755
1913—#77737
1912—#71336
1911—#64423
1910—#47434
1909—#46230
1908—#55321
1907—#55919
1906—#61315
1905—#52519
1904—#61214
1903—#39325
1902—#50718
1901—#7798
1900—#49022
1899—#54813
1898—#63512
1897—#8527
1896—#55114
1895—#52915
1894—#7878
1893—#41919
1892—#59712
1891—#45615
1890—#43417
1889—#49814
1888—#64810
1887—#39218
1886—#49114
1885—#46216
1884—#46816
1883—#44816
1882—#57611
1881—#50312
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Tim was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1897, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Tim is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Tim
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 679 spots since 2024 (#2,502 → #3,181)
  • 237 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #3,181)
  • 969 spots since 2015 (#2,212 → #3,181)
  • Biggest jump: 272 spots in 1902 (#779 → #507)
  • Biggest drop: 368 spots in 1894 (#419 → #787)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #60 (6,931 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1958–1965
  • Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1923–1985
Share of babies · boys
1 in 308
  • Highest: 1 in 308 boys born in 1960 were named Tim (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 49.9% of all boys named Tim (41,572) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s139#392 (1887)#501
1890s132#419 (1893)#581
1900s191#393 (1903)#549
1910s453#474 (1910)#772
1920s607#729 (1929)#873
1930s1,377#337 (1938)#545
1940s8,002#170 (1947)#223
1950s22,202#60 (1959)#189
1960s41,572#60 (1960)#99
1970s5,305#199 (1970)#404
1980s1,131#675 (1980)#889
1990s660#1,259 (1990)#1,502
2000s777#1,382 (2000)#1,717
2010s576#1,920 (2014)#2,321
2020s234#2,502 (2024)#3,130

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tim in 1905

boys
#525
19 births · 1 in 6,963 boys

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #525Tim19
More about 1905

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 6,963 of them was named Tim, which outranked 63.1% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tim
  1. #507Ruth20
  2. #507Walker20
  3. #507Winston20
  4. #525Tim19
  5. #525Adolphus19
  6. #525Alden19
  7. #525Alphonso19
  8. #549Bernie18
  9. #549Damon18
  10. #549Delmar18

Tied with 23 names at #525; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 590Ludwig#1,205 → #615
  2. ↑ 539Domenick#1,205 → #666
  3. ↑ 506Cloyd#1,205 → #699
  4. ↑ 506Conley#1,205 → #699
  5. ↑ 506Elgin#1,205 → #699
Fallers
  1. ↓ 621Urban#612 → #1,233
  2. ↓ 586Sammy#647 → #1,233
  3. ↓ 576Randall#515 → #1,091
  4. ↓ 553Santiago#538 → #1,091
  5. ↓ 547Duane#686 → #1,233

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1905 →