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

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Peak · boys
1960 · 6,931 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
83,358
since 1880

Tim over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #60, 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#3,18137
2024#2,50254
2023#3,22837
2022#3,53332
2021#2,91842
2020#3,41832
2019#2,36457
2018#2,32557
2017#2,41753
2016#2,06668
2015#2,21261
2014#1,92075
2013#2,42451
2012#2,86941
2011#2,54748
2010#2,06965
2009#2,01069
2008#2,00170
2007#1,86177
2006#1,76978
2005#1,61984
2004#1,98960
2003#1,47888
2002#1,55779
2001#1,50281
2000#1,38291
1999#1,51774
1998#1,68061
1997#1,70657
1996#1,59961
1995#1,73651
1994#1,40969
1993#1,46064
1992#1,28178
1991#1,36868
1990#1,25977
1989#1,06496
1988#1,02392
1987#1,04783
1986#1,07575
1985#901101
1984#784122
1983#89596
1982#747139
1981#679162
1980#675165
1979#702148
1978#523246
1977#520254
1976#9,2845#459291
1975#9,0675#436327
1974#382410
1973#328523
1972#8,2925#265733
1971#5,5439#2261,049
1970#3,71216#1991,324
1969#5,0579#1811,544
1968#5,1478#1392,073
1967#5,4577#1162,624
1966#4,8668#1033,141
1965#3,40214#973,718
1964#4,09611#824,695
1963#6,5925#795,016
1962#4,26310#725,585
1961#3,60813#656,245
1960#3,51213#606,931
1959#3,43613#606,826
1958#4,5208#745,540
1957#3,48912#1193,251
1956#1741,717
1955#2121,144
1954#5,7535#244815
1953#254744
1952#260696
1951#250715
1950#5,3015#241754
1949#4,2357#2011,007
1948#1711,296
1947#1701,330
1946#1711,134
1945#192779
1944#228605
1943#232618
1942#263512
1941#296388
1940#307333
1939#358245
1938#337270
1937#441162
1936#488134
1935#498131
1934#552114
1933#572101
1932#65187
1931#71772
1930#83261
1929#72974
1928#96350
1927#84064
1926#82165
1925#85860
1924#87262
1923#84165
1922#1,01049
1921#95354
1920#84664
1919#87757
1918#79667
1917#91948
1916#83456
1915#99640
1914#68755
1913#77737
1912#71336
1911#64423
1910#47434
1909#46230
1908#55321
1907#55919
1906#61315
1905#52519
1904#61214
1903#39325
1902#50718
1901#7798
1900#49022
1899#54813
1898#63512
1897#8527
1896#55114
1895#52915
1894#7878
1893#41919
1892#59712
1891#45615
1890#43417
1889#49814
1888#64810
1887#39218
1886#49114
1885#46216
1884#46816
1883#44816
1882#57611
1881#50312
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Tim
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #60 (6,931 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1958–1965
  • Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1923–1985
Share of babies · boys
1 in 308
  • Highest: 1 in 308 boys born in 1960 were named Tim (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 49.9% of all boys named Tim (41,572) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s139#392 (1887)#501
1890s132#419 (1893)#581
1900s191#393 (1903)#549
1910s453#474 (1910)#772
1920s607#729 (1929)#873
1930s1,377#337 (1938)#545
1940s8,002#170 (1947)#223
1950s22,202#60 (1959)#189
1960s41,572#60 (1960)#99
1970s5,305#199 (1970)#404
1980s1,131#675 (1980)#889
1990s660#1,259 (1990)#1,502
2000s777#1,382 (2000)#1,717
2010s576#1,920 (2014)#2,321
2020s234#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 1963

girls
#6,592
5 births · 1 in 385,501 girls
boys
#79
5,016 births · 1 in 405 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #6,592Tim5

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #79Tim5,016
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 385,501 of them was named Tim, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tim
  1. #5,891Zoann6
  2. #5,891Zoeann6
  3. #5,891Zonda6
  4. #6,592Tim5
  5. #6,592Abagail5
  6. #6,592Abigale5
  7. #6,592Adah5

Tied with 1,069 names at #6,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

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

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 405 of them was named Tim, which outranked 98.3% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tim
  1. #76Rodney5,193
  2. #77Walter5,068
  3. #78Jimmy5,043
  4. #79Tim5,016
  5. #80Darryl5,013
  6. #81Greg4,854
  7. #82Bradley4,765
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 1,551Tal#2,364#813
  2. 1,141Jaimie#1,962#821
  3. 540Stoney#1,038#498
  4. 364Pamela#1,311#947
  5. 331Giovanni#1,242#911
Fallers
  1. 324Olin#871#1,195
  2. 295Enoch#984#1,279
  3. 285Rand#953#1,238
  4. 283Vernell#996#1,279
  5. 269Bentley#926#1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963