Timmie

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #8,825
Given to boys 90.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1959 · 189 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,250
since 1910

Timmie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #1,047, 1885peak #567, 1959girlsboys
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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
2024
2023
2022
2021#8,8258
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015#10,6446
2014
2013#10,7286
2012#9,7097
2011#10,8086
2010#7,08711
2009
2008#9,8717
2007#8,9158
2006#7,9989
2005#5,03416
2004#5,49214
2003#9,5816
2002#8,4567
2001#6,44510
2000#7,4168
1999#3,83419
1998#5,84010
1997#4,96012
1996#5,9829
1995#3,55918
1994#3,21521
1993#3,50118
1992#3,92015
1991#3,81315
1990#3,16619
1989#12,3625#3,44616
1988#2,14629
1987#2,64120
1986#2,22625
1985#2,82817
1984#2,03626
1983#2,01726
1982#2,16624
1981#6,8049#1,81131
1980#2,16224
1979#2,89715
1978#1,91326
1977#9,6525#1,64533
1976#8,1566#1,50236
1975#9,0675#1,36141
1974#7,6806#1,83225
1973#5,19110#1,43535
1972#7,2926#1,13751
1971#1,08157
1970#6,3627#97968
1969#3,10219#86179
1968#4,22211#77990
1967#6,8045#730103
1966#4,19810#75496
1965#3,95211#75396
1964#3,24416#699122
1963#3,06617#671136
1962#5,2937#627153
1961#2,83919#663139
1960#4,4379#631152
1959#4,03110#567189
1958#3,74711#591171
1957#4,5368#78093
1956#5,9525#86076
1955#5,2086#1,11444
1954#5,7535#1,16941
1953#4,5957#1,10244
1952#4,1238#1,02749
1951#3,28411#1,15039
1950#1,23234
1949#1,07243
1948#4,6516#1,06344
1947#3,7069#1,48225
1946#4,9605#1,38226
1945#2,74211#1,44521
1944#3,3788#1,73816
1943#1,48622
1942#3,4448#2,04213
1941#4,4205#1,90314
1940#4,3495#1,98313
1939#1,57818
1938#2,08412
1937#4,2555#2,19711
1936#2,18411
1935#2,24611
1934#2,26611
1933#2,36810
1932#3,3616
1931#3,8486#2,8648
1930#3,2897
1929
1928
1927#3,7806
1926#3,7086
1925#3,7416
1924
1923#4,2395
1922#3,8726
1921
1920#4,9755#3,8156
1919#3,7366
1918#3,5128
1917
1916#3,5166
1915
1914
1913
1912#2,9795
1911
1910#1,5895
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898#1,7005
1897
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1885#1,0475
1884
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1880
First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Timmie! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Timmie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1956 (#1,114#860)
  • Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1970 (#861#979)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1959 at #567 (189 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1956–1970
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,294
  • Highest: 1 in 11,294 boys born in 1959 were named Timmie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 218,685 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 35.9% of all boys named Timmie (1,166) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1919
  • Mostly girls until 1918, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#1,589 (1910)#2,947
1920s35#3,708 (1926)#3,859
1930s105#1,578 (1939)#2,444
1940s237#1,063 (1948)#1,560
1950s780#567 (1959)#959
1960s1,166#627 (1962)#717
1970s387#979 (1970)#1,578
1980s238#1,811 (1981)#2,348
1990s156#3,166 (1990)#4,179
2000s85#5,034 (2005)#7,690
2010s36#7,087 (2010)#9,795
2020s8#8,825 (2021)#8,825

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.

Timmie in 1947

girls
#3,706
9 births · 1 in 196,974 girls
boys
#1,482
25 births · 1 in 73,184 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #3,706Timmie9

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #1,482Timmie25
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 196,974 of them was named Timmie, which outranked 39.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Timmie
  1. #3,448Zara10
  2. #3,448Zenaida10
  3. #3,448Zetta10
  4. #3,706Timmie9
  5. #3,706Afton9
  6. #3,706Alanda9
  7. #3,706Aldean9
  8. #4,007Aaron8
  9. #4,007Adelene8
  10. #4,007Adrina8

Tied with 300 names at #3,706; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 417Michaele#1,276#859
  2. 385Carlotta#997#612
  3. 332Ricki#1,290#958
  4. 300Daria#1,220#920
  5. 290Ivy#1,087#797
Fallers
  1. 341Merlene#961#1,302
  2. 285Beatriz#985#1,270
  3. 276Ruthanne#874#1,150
  4. 253Estela#897#1,150
  5. 242Verla#885#1,127

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

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 73,184 of them was named Timmie, which outranked 65.3% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Timmie
  1. #1,449Verle26
  2. #1,449Vernal26
  3. #1,449Zack26
  4. #1,482Timmie25
  5. #1,482Abelardo25
  6. #1,482Arland25
  7. #1,482Beryl25
  8. #1,519Apolonio24
  9. #1,519Arlon24
  10. #1,519Bernell24

Tied with 36 names at #1,482; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 1,271Brock#2,271#1,000
  2. 586Shawn#1,509#923
  3. 500Jed#1,475#975
  4. 358Jody#935#577
  5. 355Deryl#1,355#1,000
Fallers
  1. 497Hurley#952#1,449
  2. 393Prentice#878#1,271
  3. 362Darvin#935#1,297
  4. 310Lary#826#1,136
  5. 303Judith#856#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947