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
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 6,931 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 83,358since 1880
Tim over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,181 | 37 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,502 | 54 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,228 | 37 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,918 | 42 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,418 | 32 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,364 | 57 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,325 | 57 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,417 | 53 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,066 | 68 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,212 | 61 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,920 | 75 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,424 | 51 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,869 | 41 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,547 | 48 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,069 | 65 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,010 | 69 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,001 | 70 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,861 | 77 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,769 | 78 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,619 | 84 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,478 | 88 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,557 | 79 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,502 | 81 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,382 | 91 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,517 | 74 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,680 | 61 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,706 | 57 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,599 | 61 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,736 | 51 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,409 | 69 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,460 | 64 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,281 | 78 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,368 | 68 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,259 | 77 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,064 | 96 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,023 | 92 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,047 | 83 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,075 | 75 | |
| 1985 | — | #901 | 101 | |
| 1984 | — | #784 | 122 | |
| 1983 | — | #895 | 96 | |
| 1982 | — | #747 | 139 | |
| 1981 | — | #679 | 162 | |
| 1980 | — | #675 | 165 | |
| 1979 | — | #702 | 148 | |
| 1978 | — | #523 | 246 | |
| 1977 | — | #520 | 254 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #459 | 291 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #436 | 327 |
| 1974 | — | #382 | 410 | |
| 1973 | — | #328 | 523 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #265 | 733 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #226 | 1,049 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #199 | 1,324 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #181 | 1,544 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #139 | 2,073 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #116 | 2,624 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #103 | 3,141 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #97 | 3,718 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | #82 | 4,695 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #79 | 5,016 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #72 | 5,585 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #65 | 6,245 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #60 | 6,931 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #60 | 6,826 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #74 | 5,540 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #119 | 3,251 |
| 1956 | — | #174 | 1,717 | |
| 1955 | — | #212 | 1,144 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #244 | 815 |
| 1953 | — | #254 | 744 | |
| 1952 | — | #260 | 696 | |
| 1951 | — | #250 | 715 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #241 | 754 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #201 | 1,007 |
| 1948 | — | #171 | 1,296 | |
| 1947 | — | #170 | 1,330 | |
| 1946 | — | #171 | 1,134 | |
| 1945 | — | #192 | 779 | |
| 1944 | — | #228 | 605 | |
| 1943 | — | #232 | 618 | |
| 1942 | — | #263 | 512 | |
| 1941 | — | #296 | 388 | |
| 1940 | — | #307 | 333 | |
| 1939 | — | #358 | 245 | |
| 1938 | — | #337 | 270 | |
| 1937 | — | #441 | 162 | |
| 1936 | — | #488 | 134 | |
| 1935 | — | #498 | 131 | |
| 1934 | — | #552 | 114 | |
| 1933 | — | #572 | 101 | |
| 1932 | — | #651 | 87 | |
| 1931 | — | #717 | 72 | |
| 1930 | — | #832 | 61 | |
| 1929 | — | #729 | 74 | |
| 1928 | — | #963 | 50 | |
| 1927 | — | #840 | 64 | |
| 1926 | — | #821 | 65 | |
| 1925 | — | #858 | 60 | |
| 1924 | — | #872 | 62 | |
| 1923 | — | #841 | 65 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,010 | 49 | |
| 1921 | — | #953 | 54 | |
| 1920 | — | #846 | 64 | |
| 1919 | — | #877 | 57 | |
| 1918 | — | #796 | 67 | |
| 1917 | — | #919 | 48 | |
| 1916 | — | #834 | 56 | |
| 1915 | — | #996 | 40 | |
| 1914 | — | #687 | 55 | |
| 1913 | — | #777 | 37 | |
| 1912 | — | #713 | 36 | |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #474 | 34 | |
| 1909 | — | #462 | 30 | |
| 1908 | — | #553 | 21 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #393 | 25 | |
| 1902 | — | #507 | 18 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #419 | 19 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #462 | 16 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#41 · 1 in 157
- South Dakota#42 · 1 in 152
- Minnesota#43 · 1 in 165
- Montana#43 · 1 in 167
- Oregon#43 · 1 in 174
Best ever in a state: #29 in South Dakota, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #41 | 46 | 1 in 157 |
| South Dakota | #42 | 51 | 1 in 152 |
| Minnesota | #43 | 250 | 1 in 165 |
| Montana | #43 | 46 | 1 in 167 |
| Oregon | #43 | 101 | 1 in 174 |
| Indiana | #44 | 312 | 1 in 174 |
| Iowa | #45 | 167 | 1 in 181 |
| North Dakota | #45 | 41 | 1 in 177 |
| Washington | #46 | 163 | 1 in 189 |
| Missouri | #47 | 221 | 1 in 219 |
| Nebraska | #47 | 83 | 1 in 195 |
| Ohio | #49 | 480 | 1 in 232 |
| Michigan | #50 | 404 | 1 in 231 |
| Wisconsin | #51 | 222 | 1 in 214 |
| Kansas | #54 | 111 | 1 in 202 |
| Tennessee | #55 | 176 | 1 in 224 |
| Wyoming | #55 | 18 | 1 in 195 |
| Colorado | #56 | 97 | 1 in 227 |
| Kentucky | #56 | 137 | 1 in 252 |
| Oklahoma | #56 | 111 | 1 in 212 |
| California | #60 | 654 | 1 in 289 |
| Illinois | #62 | 367 | 1 in 310 |
| North Carolina | #66 | 173 | 1 in 305 |
| Arkansas | #68 | 68 | 1 in 288 |
| West Virginia | #71 | 60 | 1 in 314 |
| Arizona | #75 | 52 | 1 in 326 |
| Alabama | #78 | 115 | 1 in 326 |
| Florida | #78 | 159 | 1 in 346 |
| Georgia | #82 | 146 | 1 in 328 |
| New Mexico | #82 | 40 | 1 in 332 |
| Pennsylvania | #83 | 247 | 1 in 478 |
| Utah | #91 | 34 | 1 in 358 |
| South Carolina | #97 | 68 | 1 in 418 |
| Vermont | #108 | 6 | 1 in 654 |
| New Hampshire | #109 | 8 | 1 in 769 |
| Virginia | #109 | 79 | 1 in 548 |
| Rhode Island | #110 | 9 | 1 in 999 |
| Maryland | #112 | 54 | 1 in 608 |
| Nevada | #113 | 7 | 1 in 463 |
| Texas | #114 | 242 | 1 in 494 |
| Connecticut | #132 | 25 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Maine | #133 | 12 | 1 in 909 |
| Alaska | #137 | 5 | 1 in 624 |
| Mississippi | #138 | 40 | 1 in 675 |
| Massachusetts | #144 | 37 | 1 in 1,550 |
| New Jersey | #146 | 54 | 1 in 1,169 |
| New York | #150 | 178 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Delaware | #151 | 5 | 1 in 1,044 |
| District of Columbia | #157 | 16 | 1 in 928 |
| Louisiana | #180 | 45 | 1 in 917 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tim
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1960 at #60 (6,931 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1958–1965
- Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1923–1985
- Highest: 1 in 308 boys born in 1960 were named Tim (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 49.9% of all boys named Tim (41,572) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #392 (1887) | #501 |
| 1890s | 132 | #419 (1893) | #581 |
| 1900s | 191 | #393 (1903) | #549 |
| 1910s | 453 | #474 (1910) | #772 |
| 1920s | 607 | #729 (1929) | #873 |
| 1930s | 1,377 | #337 (1938) | #545 |
| 1940s | 8,002 | #170 (1947) | #223 |
| 1950s | 22,202 | #60 (1959) | #189 |
| 1960s | 41,572 | #60 (1960) | #99 |
| 1970s | 5,305 | #199 (1970) | #404 |
| 1980s | 1,131 | #675 (1980) | #889 |
| 1990s | 660 | #1,259 (1990) | #1,502 |
| 2000s | 777 | #1,382 (2000) | #1,717 |
| 2010s | 576 | #1,920 (2014) | #2,321 |
| 2020s | 234 | #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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 155,269 of them was named Tim, which outranked 52.1% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,460Yalanda14
- #3,460Yalonda14
- #3,460Yolando14
- #3,608Tim13
- #3,608Adelle13
- #3,608Alease13
- #3,608Alvera13
- #3,793Allena12
- #3,793Alona12
- #3,793Alvin12
Tied with 184 names at #3,608; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 340 of them was named Tim, which outranked 98.6% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.