Timothey

Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491

Peak · boys
1959 · 31 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
591
since 1949

Timothey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Timothey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #1,416, 1959boys
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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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2009#12,4915
2008#9,8717
2007#10,9216
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2002#10,6675
2001#10,5565
2000#10,3495
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1996#6,4968
1995#8,8685
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1993#5,7719
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1989#4,52711
1988#5,7517
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1986#3,88211
1985#5,1477
1984#4,5528
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1981#3,85810
1980#4,1349
1979#5,3556
1978#4,5547
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1976#3,09512
1975#5,4645
1974#4,6346
1973#3,01311
1972#2,41815
1971#3,9637
1970#2,73912
1969#2,13016
1968#1,73121
1967#1,71121
1966#1,54025
1965#1,59524
1964#1,54526
1963#1,74421
1962#1,45429
1961#1,68623
1960#1,52328
1959#1,41631
1958#1,76620
1957#1,95217
1956#2,09115
1955#2,04815
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1953#2,09914
1952#2,37611
1951#3,3646
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five boys were named Timothey! It came in at #2,802, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1950, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Timothey is popular in 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #548 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,291 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Timothey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#548 · 1 in 10,291

Best ever in a state: #548 in North Carolina, 1962.

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See more about Timothey
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 1959 at #1,416 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 68,855
  • Highest: 1 in 68,855 boys born in 1959 were named Timothey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 396,715 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 39.6% of all boys named Timothey (234) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s8#2,802 (1949)#2,802
1950s144#1,416 (1959)#2,128
1960s234#1,454 (1962)#1,666
1970s81#2,418 (1972)#3,915
1980s63#3,858 (1981)#4,550
1990s28#5,771 (1993)#7,311
2000s33#9,871 (2008)#10,809

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.

Timothey in 1962

boys
#1,454
29 births · 1 in 71,337 boys

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #1,454Timothey29
More about 1962

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 71,337 of them was named Timothey, which outranked 68.6% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Timothey
  1. #1,423Shelly30
  2. #1,423Simeon30
  3. #1,423Timonthy30
  4. #1,454Timothey29
  5. #1,454Abram29
  6. #1,454Alfonza29
  7. #1,454Alonso29
  8. #1,479Barrie28
  9. #1,479Carolyn28
  10. #1,479Chandler28

Tied with 24 names at #1,454; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →