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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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 1966

girls
#4,866
8 births · 1 in 211,522 girls
boys
#103
3,141 births · 1 in 568 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #4,866Tim8

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #103Tim3,141
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 211,522 of them was named Tim, which outranked 36.2% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tim
  1. #4,493Yuette9
  2. #4,493Yvonda9
  3. #4,493Zana9
  4. #4,866Tim8
  5. #4,866Adaline8
  6. #4,866Adrena8
  7. #4,866Agustina8
  8. #5,273Abelina7
  9. #5,273Adonis7
  10. #5,273Adrea7

Tied with 406 names at #4,866; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 568 of them was named Tim, which outranked 97.7% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tim
  1. #100Albert3,297
  2. #101Victor3,267
  3. #102Joel3,232
  4. #103Tim3,141
  5. #104Louis2,992
  6. #105Marc2,972
  7. #106Lee2,965
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

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

See the top 100 for 1966