Timothy

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #203 for boys in 2025, 1,734 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#11
1960 · 30,498 births
Debut · boys
1880
70 births
In top 100 · boys
65 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,084,192
since 1880

Timothy over time

boys

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

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #11, 1960boys
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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
2025—#2031,734
2024—#2061,721
2023—#2111,747
2022—#2021,848
2021—#1981,923
2020—#1922,011
2019—#1882,092
2018—#1652,356
2017—#1632,420
2016#16,2155#1522,674
2015#16,4195#1472,802
2014—#1343,012
2013—#1243,068
2012#16,8695#1183,123
2011—#1233,233
2010#16,9925#1143,454
2009—#1093,773
2008#15,4056#1074,095
2007#13,9247#994,437
2006#17,1685#934,706
2005#11,8348#845,034
2004#4,17233#795,234
2003#7,99813#765,487
2002#10,2469#706,020
2001#7,72413#676,423
2000#9,8749#587,261
1999#6,83614#497,593
1998#6,36015#497,845
1997#6,48314#438,502
1996#5,06519#408,919
1995#5,22118#409,788
1994#5,01619#3910,767
1993#3,98726#3811,640
1992#3,68029#3412,864
1991#3,63329#3214,154
1990#2,15360#3015,700
1989#2,02762#2816,427
1988#1,269115#2516,807
1987#1,216118#2617,398
1986#1,260107#2716,875
1985#1,091133#2617,140
1984#1,103125#2616,987
1983#1,096125#2616,363
1982#1,074133#2417,464
1981#1,004145#2418,228
1980#1,244105#2019,146
1979#1,069129#1819,077
1978#1,176107#1719,597
1977#1,199102#1817,977
1976#1,043118#2116,620
1975#1,111105#2215,947
1974#1,35177#2215,890
1973#1,16094#2216,036
1972#1,022114#2117,605
1971#1,047115#2120,089
1970#916141#2022,422
1969#1,059107#1723,358
1968#875138#1326,496
1967#908127#1128,587
1966#949115#1128,923
1965#973112#1228,334
1964#1,15391#1528,090
1963#1,08799#1527,187
1962#1,14591#1627,111
1961#1,095100#1528,253
1960#1,15689#1130,498
1959#1,20379#1230,783
1958#1,18081#1328,797
1957#1,40756#1924,733
1956#1,53348#1923,288
1955#1,48047#2220,738
1954#1,56042#2617,427
1953#1,67135#2615,187
1952#1,86129#2714,167
1951#3,10612#2812,705
1950#1,83527#3210,499
1949#2,27419#349,346
1948#2,41617#388,043
1947#2,89813#526,747
1946#2,02421#605,152
1945#2,91610#703,591
1944#2,76211#922,754
1943#2,55813#992,578
1942#2,98610#1082,275
1941#3,5597#1211,632
1940—#1351,385
1939#3,1458#1531,066
1938#2,73010#167882
1937—#192674
1936—#253439
1935#4,2045#281371
1934—#295336
1933—#283346
1932—#299341
1931—#301344
1930#4,5505#316306
1929—#324292
1928#4,7255#326297
1927—#319325
1926—#351274
1925#4,9735#319319
1924—#324322
1923—#323325
1922—#350288
1921#3,6668#383249
1920—#365269
1919—#366249
1918—#340285
1917—#344260
1916—#339246
1915—#332253
1914—#353174
1913—#317160
1912—#334128
1911—#27988
1910—#27975
1909—#27567
1908—#25767
1907—#22781
1906—#27352
1905—#22473
1904—#24958
1903—#26349
1902—#22962
1901—#21862
1900—#22876
1899—#21660
1898—#19975
1897—#22258
1896—#21171
1895—#22760
1894—#20471
1893—#21962
1892—#20571
1891—#18866
1890—#22156
1889—#16682
1888—#19776
1887—#21054
1886—#18174
1885—#19964
1884—#18177
1883—#19062
1882—#18671
1881—#18463
1880—#18070
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Timothy was already there! It came in at #180, and was given to 70 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 74 boys a year got the name.

Where Timothy is popular in 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #22 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 82 boysAKMaine: #19 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 64 boysMEVermont: #16 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 59 boysVTNew Hampshire: #17 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 66 boysNHWashington: #23 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 87 boysWAIdaho: #31 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 119 boysIDMontana: #29 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 102 boysMTNorth Dakota: #28 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 87 boysNDMinnesota: #17 for boys · 364 births · 1 in 70 boysMNIllinois: #19 for boys · 1,008 births · 1 in 77 boysILWisconsin: #18 for boys · 437 births · 1 in 67 boysWIMichigan: #20 for boys · 868 births · 1 in 76 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 965 births · 1 in 118 boysNYMassachusetts: #21 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 70 boysMARhode Island: #22 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 80 boysRIOregon: #24 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 87 boysORNevada: #23 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 97 boysNVWyoming: #30 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 98 boysWYSouth Dakota: #31 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 102 boysSDIowa: #19 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 77 boysIAIndiana: #19 for boys · 511 births · 1 in 78 boysINOhio: #21 for boys · 981 births · 1 in 79 boysOHPennsylvania: #20 for boys · 864 births · 1 in 86 boysPANew Jersey: #32 for boys · 317 births · 1 in 136 boysNJConnecticut: #23 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 91 boysCTCalifornia: #27 for boys · 1,158 births · 1 in 125 boysCAUtah: #42 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 161 boysUTColorado: #27 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 99 boysCONebraska: #18 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 76 boysNEMissouri: #18 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 76 boysMOKentucky: #14 for boys · 378 births · 1 in 68 boysKYWest Virginia: #19 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 73 boysWVVirginia: #19 for boys · 406 births · 1 in 78 boysVAMaryland: #23 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 87 boysMDDelaware: #28 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 94 boysDEArizona: #24 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 117 boysAZNew Mexico: #22 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 113 boysNMKansas: #25 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 90 boysKSArkansas: #13 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 74 boysARTennessee: #13 for boys · 426 births · 1 in 73 boysTNNorth Carolina: #12 for boys · 557 births · 1 in 71 boysNCSouth Carolina: #16 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 81 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #24 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 102 boysDCOklahoma: #24 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 109 boysOKLouisiana: #26 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 132 boysLAMississippi: #13 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 78 boysMSAlabama: #14 for boys · 330 births · 1 in 81 boysALGeorgia: #14 for boys · 492 births · 1 in 80 boysGAHawaii: #37 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 150 boysHITexas: #30 for boys · 628 births · 1 in 167 boysTXFlorida: #19 for boys · 545 births · 1 in 91 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#12 · 1 in 71
  2. Tennessee#13 · 1 in 73
  3. Arkansas#13 · 1 in 74
  4. Mississippi#13 · 1 in 78
  5. Kentucky#14 · 1 in 68

Best ever in a state: #5 in Vermont, 1966.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#125571 in 71
Arkansas#132031 in 74
Mississippi#132431 in 78
Tennessee#134261 in 73
Alabama#143301 in 81
Georgia#144921 in 80
Kentucky#143781 in 68
South Carolina#162621 in 81
Vermont#16451 in 59
Minnesota#173641 in 70
New Hampshire#17741 in 66
Missouri#184351 in 76
Nebraska#181361 in 76
Wisconsin#184371 in 67
Florida#195451 in 91
Illinois#191,0081 in 77
Indiana#195111 in 78
Iowa#192371 in 77
Maine#191101 in 64
Virginia#194061 in 78
West Virginia#191781 in 73
Michigan#208681 in 76
Pennsylvania#208641 in 86
Massachusetts#215021 in 70
Ohio#219811 in 79
Alaska#22301 in 82
New Mexico#22781 in 113
Rhode Island#22701 in 80
Connecticut#231841 in 91
Maryland#232461 in 87
Nevada#23341 in 97
Washington#232461 in 87
Arizona#241471 in 117
District of Columbia#24821 in 102
Oklahoma#241661 in 109
Oregon#241641 in 87
Kansas#251541 in 90
New York#259651 in 118
Louisiana#262251 in 132
California#271,1581 in 125
Colorado#271831 in 99
Delaware#28361 in 94
North Dakota#28511 in 87
Montana#29461 in 102
Texas#306281 in 167
Wyoming#30231 in 98
Idaho#31501 in 119
South Dakota#31431 in 102
New Jersey#323171 in 136
Hawaii#37391 in 150
Utah#42791 in 161

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 Timothy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#206 → #203)
  • 11 spots since 2020 (#192 → #203)
  • 56 spots since 2015 (#147 → #203)
  • Biggest jump: 61 spots in 1937 (#253 → #192)
  • Biggest drop: 55 spots in 1890 (#166 → #221)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #11 (30,498 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 31 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 65 yrs · run 1943–2007
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 61
  • Highest: 1 in 61 boys born in 1967 were named Timothy (1.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 985 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
  • Its best rank, #11 in 1960, was only 1 in 70 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 25.5% of all boys named Timothy (276,837) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s693#166 (1889)#187
1890s650#188 (1891)#211
1900s647#218 (1901)#244
1910s1,918#279 (1911)#328
1920s2,960#319 (1927)#338
1930s5,105#153 (1939)#254
1940s43,503#34 (1949)#81
1950s198,324#12 (1959)#22
1960s276,837#11 (1960)#14
1970s181,260#17 (1978)#20
1980s172,835#20 (1980)#25
1990s107,772#30 (1990)#39
2000s52,470#58 (2000)#84
2010s28,234#114 (2010)#143
2020s10,984#192 (2020)#202

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.

Timothy in 1973

girls
#1,160
94 births · 1 in 15,513 girls
boys
#22
16,036 births · 1 in 97 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,160Timothy94

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #22Timothy16,036
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 15,513 of them was named Timothy, which outranked 88.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Timothy
  1. #1,151Nita95
  2. #1,151Rachele95
  3. #1,151Twila95
  4. #1,160Timothy94
  5. #1,160Agnes94
  6. #1,160Cristine94
  7. #1,160Lacey94
  8. #1,169Adriane93
  9. #1,169Carisa93
  10. #1,169Dona93

Tied with 8 names at #1,160; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 97 of them was named Timothy, which outranked 99.6% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Timothy
  1. #19Thomas17,921
  2. #20Steven17,175
  3. #21Anthony16,414
  4. #22Timothy16,036
  5. #23Charles15,752
  6. #24Paul12,901
  7. #25Chad12,886
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →