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
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 30,498 births
- Debut · boys
- 70 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 65 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,084,192since 1880
Timothy 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 | — | #203 | 1,734 | |
| 2024 | — | #206 | 1,721 | |
| 2023 | — | #211 | 1,747 | |
| 2022 | — | #202 | 1,848 | |
| 2021 | — | #198 | 1,923 | |
| 2020 | — | #192 | 2,011 | |
| 2019 | — | #188 | 2,092 | |
| 2018 | — | #165 | 2,356 | |
| 2017 | — | #163 | 2,420 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #152 | 2,674 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #147 | 2,802 |
| 2014 | — | #134 | 3,012 | |
| 2013 | — | #124 | 3,068 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #118 | 3,123 |
| 2011 | — | #123 | 3,233 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #114 | 3,454 |
| 2009 | — | #109 | 3,773 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #107 | 4,095 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #99 | 4,437 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #93 | 4,706 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #84 | 5,034 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | #79 | 5,234 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #76 | 5,487 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #70 | 6,020 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #67 | 6,423 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #58 | 7,261 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #49 | 7,593 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #49 | 7,845 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #43 | 8,502 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #40 | 8,919 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #40 | 9,788 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #39 | 10,767 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | #38 | 11,640 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | #34 | 12,864 |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 | #32 | 14,154 |
| 1990 | #2,153 | 60 | #30 | 15,700 |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 | #28 | 16,427 |
| 1988 | #1,269 | 115 | #25 | 16,807 |
| 1987 | #1,216 | 118 | #26 | 17,398 |
| 1986 | #1,260 | 107 | #27 | 16,875 |
| 1985 | #1,091 | 133 | #26 | 17,140 |
| 1984 | #1,103 | 125 | #26 | 16,987 |
| 1983 | #1,096 | 125 | #26 | 16,363 |
| 1982 | #1,074 | 133 | #24 | 17,464 |
| 1981 | #1,004 | 145 | #24 | 18,228 |
| 1980 | #1,244 | 105 | #20 | 19,146 |
| 1979 | #1,069 | 129 | #18 | 19,077 |
| 1978 | #1,176 | 107 | #17 | 19,597 |
| 1977 | #1,199 | 102 | #18 | 17,977 |
| 1976 | #1,043 | 118 | #21 | 16,620 |
| 1975 | #1,111 | 105 | #22 | 15,947 |
| 1974 | #1,351 | 77 | #22 | 15,890 |
| 1973 | #1,160 | 94 | #22 | 16,036 |
| 1972 | #1,022 | 114 | #21 | 17,605 |
| 1971 | #1,047 | 115 | #21 | 20,089 |
| 1970 | #916 | 141 | #20 | 22,422 |
| 1969 | #1,059 | 107 | #17 | 23,358 |
| 1968 | #875 | 138 | #13 | 26,496 |
| 1967 | #908 | 127 | #11 | 28,587 |
| 1966 | #949 | 115 | #11 | 28,923 |
| 1965 | #973 | 112 | #12 | 28,334 |
| 1964 | #1,153 | 91 | #15 | 28,090 |
| 1963 | #1,087 | 99 | #15 | 27,187 |
| 1962 | #1,145 | 91 | #16 | 27,111 |
| 1961 | #1,095 | 100 | #15 | 28,253 |
| 1960 | #1,156 | 89 | #11 | 30,498 |
| 1959 | #1,203 | 79 | #12 | 30,783 |
| 1958 | #1,180 | 81 | #13 | 28,797 |
| 1957 | #1,407 | 56 | #19 | 24,733 |
| 1956 | #1,533 | 48 | #19 | 23,288 |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 | #22 | 20,738 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 | #26 | 17,427 |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 | #26 | 15,187 |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 | #27 | 14,167 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #28 | 12,705 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | #32 | 10,499 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | #34 | 9,346 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | #38 | 8,043 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #52 | 6,747 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #60 | 5,152 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #70 | 3,591 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #92 | 2,754 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #99 | 2,578 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #108 | 2,275 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #121 | 1,632 |
| 1940 | — | #135 | 1,385 | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #153 | 1,066 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #167 | 882 |
| 1937 | — | #192 | 674 | |
| 1936 | — | #253 | 439 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #281 | 371 |
| 1934 | — | #295 | 336 | |
| 1933 | — | #283 | 346 | |
| 1932 | — | #299 | 341 | |
| 1931 | — | #301 | 344 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #316 | 306 |
| 1929 | — | #324 | 292 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #326 | 297 |
| 1927 | — | #319 | 325 | |
| 1926 | — | #351 | 274 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #319 | 319 |
| 1924 | — | #324 | 322 | |
| 1923 | — | #323 | 325 | |
| 1922 | — | #350 | 288 | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #383 | 249 |
| 1920 | — | #365 | 269 | |
| 1919 | — | #366 | 249 | |
| 1918 | — | #340 | 285 | |
| 1917 | — | #344 | 260 | |
| 1916 | — | #339 | 246 | |
| 1915 | — | #332 | 253 | |
| 1914 | — | #353 | 174 | |
| 1913 | — | #317 | 160 | |
| 1912 | — | #334 | 128 | |
| 1911 | — | #279 | 88 | |
| 1910 | — | #279 | 75 | |
| 1909 | — | #275 | 67 | |
| 1908 | — | #257 | 67 | |
| 1907 | — | #227 | 81 | |
| 1906 | — | #273 | 52 | |
| 1905 | — | #224 | 73 | |
| 1904 | — | #249 | 58 | |
| 1903 | — | #263 | 49 | |
| 1902 | — | #229 | 62 | |
| 1901 | — | #218 | 62 | |
| 1900 | — | #228 | 76 | |
| 1899 | — | #216 | 60 | |
| 1898 | — | #199 | 75 | |
| 1897 | — | #222 | 58 | |
| 1896 | — | #211 | 71 | |
| 1895 | — | #227 | 60 | |
| 1894 | — | #204 | 71 | |
| 1893 | — | #219 | 62 | |
| 1892 | — | #205 | 71 | |
| 1891 | — | #188 | 66 | |
| 1890 | — | #221 | 56 | |
| 1889 | — | #166 | 82 | |
| 1888 | — | #197 | 76 | |
| 1887 | — | #210 | 54 | |
| 1886 | — | #181 | 74 | |
| 1885 | — | #199 | 64 | |
| 1884 | — | #181 | 77 | |
| 1883 | — | #190 | 62 | |
| 1882 | — | #186 | 71 | |
| 1881 | — | #184 | 63 | |
| 1880 | — | #180 | 70 | |
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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alaska#69 · 1 in 198
- South Carolina#72 · 1 in 275
- Massachusetts#76 · 1 in 306
- Alabama#77 · 1 in 281
- Mississippi#81 · 1 in 306
Best ever in a state: #5 in Vermont, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #69 | 17 | 1 in 198 |
| South Carolina | #72 | 76 | 1 in 275 |
| Massachusetts | #76 | 97 | 1 in 306 |
| Alabama | #77 | 79 | 1 in 281 |
| Mississippi | #81 | 44 | 1 in 306 |
| Tennessee | #83 | 101 | 1 in 354 |
| West Virginia | #85 | 28 | 1 in 298 |
| Delaware | #86 | 13 | 1 in 273 |
| Kentucky | #87 | 69 | 1 in 321 |
| Virginia | #91 | 105 | 1 in 398 |
| New Hampshire | #97 | 15 | 1 in 316 |
| Ohio | #99 | 142 | 1 in 421 |
| Pennsylvania | #99 | 136 | 1 in 443 |
| Maryland | #103 | 62 | 1 in 447 |
| North Carolina | #107 | 112 | 1 in 451 |
| Maine | #109 | 13 | 1 in 365 |
| Oregon | #110 | 44 | 1 in 411 |
| Georgia | #112 | 113 | 1 in 478 |
| Washington | #112 | 81 | 1 in 444 |
| Florida | #113 | 181 | 1 in 508 |
| District of Columbia | #117 | 11 | 1 in 375 |
| Indiana | #119 | 70 | 1 in 510 |
| Connecticut | #125 | 28 | 1 in 513 |
| New Mexico | #127 | 22 | 1 in 441 |
| Illinois | #131 | 117 | 1 in 569 |
| Montana | #131 | 9 | 1 in 434 |
| Michigan | #132 | 83 | 1 in 574 |
| New Jersey | #133 | 65 | 1 in 638 |
| Wisconsin | #134 | 53 | 1 in 515 |
| Colorado | #136 | 51 | 1 in 532 |
| New York | #139 | 153 | 1 in 682 |
| Minnesota | #142 | 48 | 1 in 577 |
| Oklahoma | #142 | 37 | 1 in 547 |
| Iowa | #144 | 29 | 1 in 521 |
| Louisiana | #144 | 41 | 1 in 590 |
| Hawaii | #148 | 10 | 1 in 467 |
| Arkansas | #156 | 25 | 1 in 571 |
| Rhode Island | #157 | 7 | 1 in 562 |
| Missouri | #162 | 49 | 1 in 648 |
| Nebraska | #168 | 17 | 1 in 582 |
| Texas | #178 | 230 | 1 in 772 |
| Nevada | #181 | 19 | 1 in 699 |
| California | #187 | 286 | 1 in 806 |
| Utah | #190 | 32 | 1 in 677 |
| Arizona | #191 | 51 | 1 in 725 |
| North Dakota | #197 | 6 | 1 in 642 |
| Kansas | #198 | 22 | 1 in 731 |
| Idaho | #201 | 12 | 1 in 675 |
| South Dakota | #205 | 6 | 1 in 680 |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1960 at #11 (30,498 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 31 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 65 yrs · run 1943–2007
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 25.5% of all boys named Timothy (276,837) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 693 | #166 (1889) | #187 |
| 1890s | 650 | #188 (1891) | #211 |
| 1900s | 647 | #218 (1901) | #244 |
| 1910s | 1,918 | #279 (1911) | #328 |
| 1920s | 2,960 | #319 (1927) | #338 |
| 1930s | 5,105 | #153 (1939) | #254 |
| 1940s | 43,503 | #34 (1949) | #81 |
| 1950s | 198,324 | #12 (1959) | #22 |
| 1960s | 276,837 | #11 (1960) | #14 |
| 1970s | 181,260 | #17 (1978) | #20 |
| 1980s | 172,835 | #20 (1980) | #25 |
| 1990s | 107,772 | #30 (1990) | #39 |
| 2000s | 52,470 | #58 (2000) | #84 |
| 2010s | 28,234 | #114 (2010) | #143 |
| 2020s | 10,984 | #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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 352,211 of them was named Timothy, which outranked 13.6% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,665 names at #16,869; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 607 of them was named Timothy, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.