Timmie

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #8,825
Given to boys 90.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1959 · 189 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,250
since 1910

Timmie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #1,047, 1885peak #567, 1959girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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2022——
2021—#8,8258
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015—#10,6446
2014——
2013—#10,7286
2012—#9,7097
2011—#10,8086
2010—#7,08711
2009——
2008—#9,8717
2007—#8,9158
2006—#7,9989
2005—#5,03416
2004—#5,49214
2003—#9,5816
2002—#8,4567
2001—#6,44510
2000—#7,4168
1999—#3,83419
1998—#5,84010
1997—#4,96012
1996—#5,9829
1995—#3,55918
1994—#3,21521
1993—#3,50118
1992—#3,92015
1991—#3,81315
1990—#3,16619
1989#12,3625#3,44616
1988—#2,14629
1987—#2,64120
1986—#2,22625
1985—#2,82817
1984—#2,03626
1983—#2,01726
1982—#2,16624
1981#6,8049#1,81131
1980—#2,16224
1979—#2,89715
1978—#1,91326
1977#9,6525#1,64533
1976#8,1566#1,50236
1975#9,0675#1,36141
1974#7,6806#1,83225
1973#5,19110#1,43535
1972#7,2926#1,13751
1971—#1,08157
1970#6,3627#97968
1969#3,10219#86179
1968#4,22211#77990
1967#6,8045#730103
1966#4,19810#75496
1965#3,95211#75396
1964#3,24416#699122
1963#3,06617#671136
1962#5,2937#627153
1961#2,83919#663139
1960#4,4379#631152
1959#4,03110#567189
1958#3,74711#591171
1957#4,5368#78093
1956#5,9525#86076
1955#5,2086#1,11444
1954#5,7535#1,16941
1953#4,5957#1,10244
1952#4,1238#1,02749
1951#3,28411#1,15039
1950—#1,23234
1949—#1,07243
1948#4,6516#1,06344
1947#3,7069#1,48225
1946#4,9605#1,38226
1945#2,74211#1,44521
1944#3,3788#1,73816
1943—#1,48622
1942#3,4448#2,04213
1941#4,4205#1,90314
1940#4,3495#1,98313
1939—#1,57818
1938—#2,08412
1937#4,2555#2,19711
1936—#2,18411
1935—#2,24611
1934—#2,26611
1933—#2,36810
1932—#3,3616
1931#3,8486#2,8648
1930—#3,2897
1929——
1928——
1927—#3,7806
1926—#3,7086
1925—#3,7416
1924——
1923—#4,2395
1922—#3,8726
1921——
1920#4,9755#3,8156
1919—#3,7366
1918#3,5128—
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1916—#3,5166
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1910—#1,5895
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Timmie! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Timmie is popular in 1950

No state had 5 or more boys named Timmie in 1950, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Timmie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1956 (#1,114 → #860)
  • Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1970 (#861 → #979)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1959 at #567 (189 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1956–1970
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,294
  • Highest: 1 in 11,294 boys born in 1959 were named Timmie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 218,685 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 35.9% of all boys named Timmie (1,166) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1919
  • Mostly girls until 1918, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#1,589 (1910)#2,947
1920s35#3,708 (1926)#3,859
1930s105#1,578 (1939)#2,444
1940s237#1,063 (1948)#1,560
1950s780#567 (1959)#959
1960s1,166#627 (1962)#717
1970s387#979 (1970)#1,578
1980s238#1,811 (1981)#2,348
1990s156#3,166 (1990)#4,179
2000s85#5,034 (2005)#7,690
2010s36#7,087 (2010)#9,795
2020s8#8,825 (2021)#8,825

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.

Timmie in 1950

boys
#1,232
34 births · 1 in 52,655 boys

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #1,232Timmie34
More about 1950

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 52,655 of them was named Timmie, which outranked 70.6% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Timmie
  1. #1,220Nils35
  2. #1,220Ronold35
  3. #1,220Wilfredo35
  4. #1,232Timmie34
  5. #1,232Antony34
  6. #1,232Bret34
  7. #1,232Britt34
  8. #1,256Amado33
  9. #1,256Armond33
  10. #1,256Bartholomew33

Tied with 23 names at #1,232; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 744Ezzard#1,616 → #872
  2. ↑ 510Kelvin#1,085 → #575
  3. ↑ 447Nancy#1,297 → #850
  4. ↑ 420Samual#1,380 → #960
  5. ↑ 376Shaun#1,275 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 371Sharon#885 → #1,256
  2. ↓ 369Melvyn#770 → #1,139
  3. ↓ 367Les#997 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 351Delmas#905 → #1,256
  5. ↓ 315Denzil#808 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →